English Explanatory Dictionary

Fenton's reagent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A solution of hydrogen peroxide with ferrous iron, used as a catalyst to oxidize contaminants or waste waters.

Word forms

Fenton's reagent

Etymology

Developed in the 1890s by Henry John Horstman Fenton as an analytical reagent.

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