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Right, spray it through a platinum screen, and oxygen gas is liberated.

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• avmich 7y ago
  Silver screen would work too. Iron oxide would work... Many other substances would catalyze peroxide with various degrees of efficiency.
  • liability 7y ago
    I'm not sure what modern peroxide rockets use, but the steam generator in the V2 used sodium or potassium permanganate.
    • magicalhippo 7y ago
      For an in-depth and interesting explanation of how that works, I enjoyed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgiMu8A3pi0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgiMu8A3pi0 Includes a demonstration of the potassium permanganate and hydrogen peroxide at around the 52 minute mark.