WalMart sells dilute Hydrogen Peroxide (3%) in brown, recyclable HDPE bottles. So, if you replace it every year or two, I would guess HDPE is a great storage for H2O2. If I remember right back in high school (think late 1960's, before HDPE was popular) we used glass bottles for almost everything, and polyethylene bottles for basically the same stuff, just as transient containers (think students handling this stuff in high school - scary thought) We only had one injury I heard about that is more than minimal. One of the lab techs was in the store room when the water evaporated down low enough so metallic phosphorus was exposed to air. He was mainly surprised when it exploded (chemically, not an explosion, just a fast burn as the phosphorus was exposed to more oxygen in the air) and stuff came off the shelves in the store room and hit him. ... minimal injury really, but enough to be reported. The metal tin the phosphorus was stored in was not closed sufficiently (it was like a paint can) so eventually a good covering of water evaporated exposing the phosphorus. sorry about the rambling... In short, HDPE or PE should be good for storage, just don't consider it permanent storage.
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Neutralizing Muriatic Acid & Hydrogen Peroxide
2009-05-22 by Jack Coats
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