Does Platinum React With Hydrogen Peroxide

I recently ordered a few electrodes for future electrochemisty experiments and they arrived earlier today In particular I now have. A 4 L Erlenmeyer flask is charged with methanol An activated platinum wire is lowered into the flask The wire glows where.

Testing for platinum by putting it in hydrogen peroxide Platinum acts as a catalyst which reacts with the hydrogen peroxide. eCHEM 1A Online General Chemistry College of Chemistry University of California Berkeley.

Watch how platinum will decompose hydrogen peroxide Info about the catalysts in this video. In this video you can see the decomposing properties of manganese dioxide.