benzoyl peroxide

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   a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions

   Broaderperoxidebleaching agent

Questions about benzoyl peroxide

What does benzoyl peroxide mean?

benzoyl peroxide means "a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions".

Is benzoyl peroxide a common word?

benzoyl peroxide is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.