Historical Background

Historical Background/Story of Discovery:

Hydrogen Peroxide was first discovered by Louis-Jacques Thenard in 1818. He found hydrogen peroxide by burning barium salts to create barium peroxides. When the barium peroxides were put into water to dissolve, Thenard found that hydrogen peroxide was produced(8). The reaction created hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide was used as a cleaning agent through out the years. Then, in 1971, the British started to test the use of hydrogen peroxide as rocket propellent. Hydrogen peroxide was used the V2 rocket and later the Black Knight plane(3). The more demand for hydrogen peroxide created a production of hydrogen peroxide using electrolytic process which makes a more higher strength and higher purity of hydrogen peroxide(8).