# Why no "pure" hydrogen peroxide?

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**Created:** [January 24, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-pure-hydrogen-peroxide/434827 "2008-01-24T16:55:14Z")\
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[QUOTE=beowulff]  
Concentrated H2O2 was used to power torpedoes…  
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except that it is so dangerous as to be a great hazard to the sub. The Kursk was sunk by leaking H2O2 from their torpedoes.

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