Sodium percarbonate
Sodium percarbonate is a white crystalline water-soluble chemical compound of sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide.[1]
It is an oxidizing agent and ingredient in a number of home and laundry cleaning products.[1] Despite the name, it is, in fact, a carbonate perhydrate.[1] Dissolved in water, it releases H2O2 and soda ash (sodium carbonate)[1]:
- 2(Na2CO3·1.5H2O2) → 2 Na2CO3 + 3 H2O2
Sodium percarbonate is the active ingredient in many powdered oxygen eco-friendly bleach products such as; Corte Cleandeck cleaner.[2] The Per from perborate or percarbonate has given the name for several laundry detergent products like Persil.
References
- ^ a b c d Craig W. Jones Applications of hydrogen peroxide and its derivatives (1999) Royal Society of Chemistry ISBN 0854045368
- ^ "Household Product Database: Sodium percarbonate". National Institute of Health.
- R. G. Pritchard and E. Islam (2003). "Sodium percarbonate between 293 and 100 K". Acta Crystallographica Section B. B59: 596–605. doi:10.1107/S0108768103012291.
- J. M. Adams and R. G. Pritchard (1977). "The crystal structure of sodium percarbonate: an unusual layered solid". Acta Crystallographica Section B. B33: 3650–3653. doi:10.1107/S0567740877011790.