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benzoyl peroxide

DEFINITIONS OF: benzoyl peroxide

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n a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions

Type of:
blanching agent, bleach, bleaching agent, whitener
an agent that makes things white or colorless
peroxide
an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
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