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WE believe that it has not been previously observed that hydrogen peroxide in solution is decomposed by sunlight; it may therefore be of interest to state that during the continuation of our investigations on the chemical effects of sunlight, we found that (1) after about ten months insolation aqueous, solutions, containing about 8 per cent. of hydrogen peroxide, were entirely destroyed, and that (2) corresponding solutions shielded from light proved much more stable than is commonly supposed. We are inclined to think that the insolation needs to be prolonged—although we have made no direct observations on this point—because some of the solution, exposed in a thick glass bottle standing in a window, was found to be still of considerable strength after a period sufficient to destroy a corresponding sample in a thin test-tube.
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The Effect of Sunlight Upon Hydrogen Peroxide 2 . Nature 20, 521 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020521a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/020521a0