Formation of basic hydrogen peroxide

Abstract

Potassium superoxide can be used to generate and regenerate Basic Hydrogen Peroxide, the primary fuel for Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Lasers. The solid reacts with depleted BHP/H.sub.2 O.sub.2 solution consuming one equivalent of hydrogen peroxide and producing two equivalents of hydroperoxide, reversing the chlorine/BHP reaction that evolves singlet delta oxygen, the energetic species in the COIL system. This same regeneration reaction can be used to generate new BHP solutions by reaction of potassium superoxide with dilute hydrogen peroxide or a protic mineral acid such as hydrochloric acid. These reactions of potassium superoxide provide new and useful methods of generating and regenerating BHP, that significantly decrease COIL system weights and environmental impact.

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