> On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 20:07:48 +0000, Diane
> is alleged to have written:
>
> >Do a web search and you'll find LOTS of sources for food grade
> >peroxide.
> >
> >Also you seem to be confusing "concentration" with "purity". Speaking
> >strictly of "concentration", lesser concentrations of H2O2 are far
> >less susceptible to spontaneous decomposition from organic or metallic
> >"impurities" in such things as the storage container - hence lesser
> >concentrations of peroxide are considered more stable during storage -
> >which is why that bottle of bleach your wife (may) keep under the sink
> >doesn't blow up the bathroom .
>
> Because bleach is an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite, and has
> nothing whatsoever to do with hydrogen peroxide?
I suspect that Diane was referring, not to laundry bleach, but to hair bleach, for which peroxide _is_ used - at a concentration of something like 8%, though, rather than the higher concentrations used for propellant (which would not only bleach your hair but quite likely set fire to it...)
-dave w