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What's the difference between peroxide and dioxide? Is it the charge? 

Why we use hydrogen peroxide instead of hydrogen dioxide for H2O2? 

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 Difference between peroxide and dioxide

1. Bonds: Peroxide exhibit two oygen atoms bound together, while in dioxide the atoms are not bound together, but, are bound separately by another atom.

2.Peroxide is perceived as a separate, charged ion with a -2 charge, but dioxide is not perceived as a separate ion. It’s a part of a molecule

3.  In peroxide, oxygen has the oxidation number of -1, whereas, in a dioxide oxygen has the oxidation number of -2. so yes their oxidation number vary.

Why we use hydrogen peroxide instead of hydrogen dioxide for H2O2

1. it kills disease organisms by oxidation.

2. And lastly when it reacts with organic matter, it breaks down into water and oxygen; which are not harmful to living organisms


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