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  2. Benzoyl peroxide - Wikipedia

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    Benzoyl peroxide is a chemical compound (specifically, an organic peroxide) with structural formula (C 6 H 5 −C(=O)O−) 2, often abbreviated as (BzO) 2.In terms of its structure, the molecule can be described as two benzoyl (C 6 H 5 −C(=O)−, Bz) groups connected by a peroxide (−O−O−).

  3. Organic peroxides - Wikipedia

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    Dialkyl peroxides, e.g., dicumyl peroxide, are synthesized by addition of hydrogen peroxide to alkenes or by O-alkylation of hydroperoxides. Diacyl peroxides are typically prepared by treating hydrogen peroxide with acid chlorides or acid anhydrides in the presence of base: [1] H 2 O 2 + 2 RCOCl → (RCO 2) 2 + 2 HCl H 2 O 2 + (RCO) 2 O → ...

  4. Acid rain - Wikipedia

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    Acid rain can have harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals, and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids. Acid rain has been shown to have adverse impacts on forests, freshwaters, soils, microbes, insects and aquatic life ...

  5. Soil acidification - Wikipedia

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    Likewise, acid rain that falls on soil and on plant leaves causes drying of the waxy leaf cuticle; which ultimately causes rapid water loss from the plant to the outside atmosphere and results in death of the plant. To see if a plant is being affected by soil acidification, one can closely observe the plant leaves.

  6. Bioprecipitation - Wikipedia

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    Bioprecipitation is the concept of rain-making bacteria and was proposed by David Sands from Montana State University in the 1970s. [1] This is precipitation that is beneficial for microbial and plant growth, it is a feedback cycle beginning with land plants generating small air-borne particles called aerosols that contain microorganisms that influence the formation of clouds by their ice ...

  7. Ascaridole - Wikipedia

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    Ascaridole was the first, and for a long time only, discovered naturally occurring organic peroxide.It was isolated from Chenopodium oil and named by Hüthig in 1908. He found that when heated to between 130° and 150° C "there occurs, with sudden boiling in which the temperature momentarily rises to about 250°, a decomposition of an explosive character, occasionally accompanied by ignition.

  8. Chemical weapons use in Syria must be investigated, says watchdog

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    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The head of the chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday he would ask Syria's new leaders to grant investigators access to the country to continue work identifying ...

  9. Curing (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In many cases, the resin is provided as a solution or mixture with a thermally-activated catalyst, which induces crosslinking but only upon heating. For example, some acrylate-based resins are formulated with dibenzoyl peroxide. Upon heating the mixture, the peroxide converts to a free radical, which adds to an acrylate, initiating crosslinking.