Peroxide
a peroxide may be regarded as a salt of hydrogen peroxide which contains at least one pair of oxygen atoms bonded by a single covalent bond (O-O)2-, and which in addition to its oxidising and reducing properties, behaves as an extremely weak acid.
Peroxosulphuric (VI) acid
(Caro’s acid, H2SO5) A white crystalline solid formed by reacting hydrogen peroxide with sulphuric acid. It is a powerful oxidising agent.
pH
a term used to describe the hydrogen-ion activity of a system; it is equal to-log aH+., hear aH is the activity of the hydrogen ion; in dilute solution, activity is essentially equal to concentration and pH is defined as –log10 [H+], where [H+] is hydrogen-ion concentration in moles per liter; a solution of pH 0 to 7 is acid, pH of 7 is neutral, pH over 7 to 14 is alkaline


