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SRA017 - The hydrogen peroxide genie
Instructions, including risk assessed control measures, for safely demonstrating the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using manganese dioxide. The reaction produces considerable amounts of steam clouds (and heat) from which the demonstration gets its name.