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Glass Formation in Solutions of Hydrogen Peroxide–Water and Deuterium Peroxide–Heavy Water

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WE have found that if a hydrogen peroxide–water solution, of suitable concentration, is put into a tube and frozen extremely quickly by plunging the tube into a Dewar flask containing liquid oxygen (90° K.), a transparent colourless solid is formed. This solid has the properties of a glass, in that it is both transparent and amorphous. A glass is also formed if the hydrogen peroxide solution is allowed to fall as drops on to liquid oxygen.

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SMITH, R., WYARD, S. Glass Formation in Solutions of Hydrogen Peroxide–Water and Deuterium Peroxide–Heavy Water. Nature 189, 211–212 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189211a0

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