HyperDic: benzoyl_peroxide

English > 1 sense of the expression benzoyl peroxide:
NOUNsubstancebenzoyl peroxidea white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions
English > benzoyl peroxide: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions.
Broaderbleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitenerAn agent that makes things white or colorless
peroxideAn inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
Spanishbenzoilo, peróxido de benzoilo
Catalanbenzoïl

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