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Subject: Hot Bleach dissolves Cellulose at 90c, what's going on?

Date: Sat Jan 14 20:45:28 2012
Posted by Jack
Grade level: 7-9 School: No school entered.
City: malibu State/Province: Ca Country: usa
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1326599128.Ch
Message:

In doing a science experiment I noticed that a paper towel rapidly decomposes
with gassy bubbles in bleach at 90C in less than a minute. The same kind of
paper towel does not otherwise dissolve in hot water. The reaction was isolated
to the bleach, and that only when it was greater than 90c. What kind of reaction
is going on here? What are the gasses coming off, and what are the likely end
products. Before the reaction PH starts at 10, and ends at 7.2.


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