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> The catalyst-based method was shown to be 10,000,000 times more potent at killing the bacteria than an equivalent amount of the industrial hydrogen peroxide
by gentleman11 5y ago
> The catalyst-based method was shown to be 10,000,000 times more potent at killing the bacteria than an equivalent amount of the industrial hydrogen peroxide
Even if it required a fair bit, 10M is a really big number. Long term savings would be huge since the catalysts aren’t consumed in the reactions
- kapp_in_life 5y agoIs hydrogen peroxide "good enough" such that it doesn't matter? Like saying I'm 10 million times less likely to drown watering a lawn than I am washing a car isn't important, because the odds of either happening is vanishingly small.
- pitaj 5y agoThe point is that you can use 1/10,000,000 the H2O2 than you would otherwise for the same amount of sanitation.
- cratermoon 5y agoWhat if I could get equally good sanitation using ZERO h2o2?
- krige 5y agoThe "equivalent amount" of H2O2 is actually a really pathetic amount (0,01%) and potency is not linear with concentration. Actual concentration of H2O2 that's used for these purposes is only 60 times higher (0,6%) and achieves similar 10^8 times better results as 0,01%. Plus they only tested vs E. Coli which is not very durable as far as nasty microbes in your water go.