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THE formation and decomposition of a higher hydrogen peroxide H2O4 has been described in recent Russian literature. Much of this work dealt with the existence of condensed HO2 radicals or molecular H2O4 at low temperatures ; for example, Kobozev et al., Reznitskii et al., and Gorbanev1 investigated the reaction between atomic hydrogen and liquid ozone at −196°C. Calorimetric and electron spin resonance measurements are quoted as evidence for the existence of hydrogen superoxide H2O4 which decomposes spontaneously at −115°C. into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen.
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MARSHALL, J., RUTLEDGE, P. A Higher Hydrogen Peroxide, H2O4?. Nature 184, 2013–2014 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1842013a0
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