If Chlorine Dioxide is only an Oxidising agent, why not use Peroxide or Ozone?
Why not indeed! Ozone is a very powerful oxidizing agent. In acidic environments its oxidizing power is only exceeded by fluorine, which dissolve’s glass! Ozone will react with most substances at 25° C, but accidental skin or eye contact would lead to immediate, irreparable tissue damage. It only has a half-life of 2 minutes so must be produced where you want to use it and cannot be stored. It is generally manufactured as a dilute water solution, on-site, but there is a high production cost.Hydrogen Peroxide on the other hand is very stable, if correctly handled. Contact with even trace amounts of metal ions (Mn+2, Fe+2) can cause rapid, explosive decomposition. Dilution with anything other than distilled or de-ionised water will lead to unstable solutions. Contact with any metal other than passive stainless 316L will also cause decomposition. It is a powerful oxidising agent and accidental contact would again result in immediate, irreparable tissue damage.Chlorine Dioxide is nowhere n
