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Sodium Percarbonate is a chemical, an adduct of sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide (a perhydrate)
Sodium Percarbonate, also know as Sodium Carbonate Peroxyhydrate, or oxygen bleach is a granular, coated, white powder.
It has a formula of 2Na2CO3 · 3H2O2.
It is a colourless, crystalline, hygroscopic and water-soluble solid.
It is used in some eco-friendly cleaning products and as a laboratory source of anhydrous hydrogen peroxide.
This product contains the carbonate anion, and should not be confused with sodium peroxocarbonate Na2CO4 or peroxodicarbonate Na2C2O6, which contain different anions.
It contains no phosphorus or nitrogen.
Dissolved in water, it yields a mixture of hydrogen peroxide (which eventually decomposes to water and oxygen) and sodium carbonate ("soda ash").
