THE REFRACTIVE INDICES OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND ITS AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
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The refractive indices of aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide for the C-, F-, and G-lines of hydrogen and the sodium D-line have been measured over the whole range of concentration at four temperatures: 16°, 20°, 24°, and 28 °C. The results obtained with the hydrogen lines are somewhat different from those of Cuthbertson and Maass. A possible explanation of this discrepancy is given. By extrapolation it was found that for pure hydrogen peroxide nD = 1.4087 at 20°, a value in good agreement with previous determinations. The refractive index affords a rapid and fairly accurate method for determining the concentration of solutions of hydrogen peroxide.