magnesium peroxide

Calcium Peroxide is used in a similar manner to magnesium peroxide for environmental restoration programs.

Magnesium peroxide is a stable oxygen releasing compound, which is used in agricultural and environmental industries.

In particular, the growth of sulfate-reducing bacteria can be inhibited in an environment containing magnesium peroxide.

It is similar to calcium peroxide because magnesium peroxide also releases oxygen by breaking down at a controlled rate with water.

Magnesium peroxide is an irritant that can cause redness, itching, swelling, and may burn the skin and eyes on contact.

Magnesium peroxide is used in the bioremediation of contaminated soil and can improve the soil quality for plant growth and metabolism.

Magnesium peroxide (MgO) is an odorless fine powder peroxide with a white to off-white color.

For sanitation purposes magnesium peroxide is often used as a source of oxygen for aerobic organisms in the treatment and disposal of biological waste.

MgO can be produced by mixing MgO with hydrogen peroxide to create magnesium peroxide and water.

Commercially, magnesium peroxide often exists as a compound of magnesium peroxide and magnesium hydroxide.

Environmentally, Magnesium peroxide is not a naturally occurring compound and is not known to persist in the environment for prolonged times, in its complete state, or to bio-accumulate.

Other methods include trying to increase the dissolved oxygen content of the groundwater to support microbial degradation of the compound (especially petroleum) by direct injection of oxygen into the subsurface, or the direct injection of a slurry that slowly releases oxygen over time (typically magnesium peroxide or calium oxy-hydroxide).