Can I Buy This?

[pastafreak]

Can 30% hydrogen peroxide be bought in the UK? 

[rockyracoon]

Looks like it

https://www.betterequipped.co.uk/hydrogen-peroxide-30-100-vols-w-v-pure-500ml-un-5162

[wolf63]

I think that who can purchase is limited or restricted.

[Buenchico]

The sale of hydrogen peroxide in concentrations above 12% is prohibited in the UK under the provisions of the Poisons Act 1972 [as amended].  It's classed as a 'regulated explosive'.

[davebro3]

Some chemicals have been restricted from general purchase (bomb making ingredients?):

Acetone / Concentrated acids / caustic soda.

[perseverer]

That link says for schools, and conditions apply.

If you really mean 30%, also called 100volumes, it is really hazardous stuff. Apologies if you are well aware of this.

[gingejbee]

Are you sure you mean 30%...and not 30vol?

30% is 100vol and rather dangerous for domestic use. 9% is 30vol and is available...but questions are asked before sale.

[Electrochem]

Here is a link to what you can buy without a licence:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/licensing-for-home-users-of-explosives-precursors/licensing-for-home-users-of-poisons-and-explosive-precursors

 

[Tilly2]

What do you want it for, Pasta?

[pastafreak]

Not explosives!!

It was recommended on an American houseplant site for the treatment of root rot. It's a disinfectant. I know it's readily available there...I used it as a teenager for zits.

[Buenchico]

All the references I can find (when googling"root rot" "hydrogen peroxide") say "3%", not "30%" !!!

e.g.

https://prettyingreen.com/blogs/houseplant-how-to-blog/how-to-cure-root-rot

[davebro3]

//Hydrogen Peroxide is a colorless, odorless liquid. Because pure Hydrogen Peroxide is unstable and an explosion risk, it is usually in a water solution.//

[davebro3]

Acetone peroxide is an explosive & has been used in bombing attacks.

[Electrochem]

Hydrogen peroxide is apowerful oxidising agent, which is why high concentrations of it require a licence. Acetone does not require a licence.

You wouldn't want to put 30% H2O2 on your skin! 

See this SDS:

https://www.fishersci.co.uk/store/msds?partNumber=10530341&productDescription=1LT+Hydrogen+peroxide%2C+for+trace+metal+analysis&countryCode=GB&;language=en

 

[Khandro]

Oddly enough, I bought 10% hydrogen peroxide last week. I mixed it with ammonia 25% in an attempt to remove some dark stains in a Carrara marble sculpture which has stood outside for many years but sadly it had no effect.

If anyone Knows of anything better I'd love to hear.

[pastafreak]

So far, Google and Amazon tell me it's 3%. Maybe I'll go ask in the local pharmacy tomorrow.