There are lots of questions about Sodium Percarbonate for Cleaning Cooking Utensils, Is It Safe to Use?
KOMPAS.com - A tweet containing information about the use of the chemical sodium percarbonate to clean clothes and cooking utensils went viral on social media on Monday (15/2/2021). Pellet Vs Granules
The tweet was written by the Twitter account @__aih.
"Why am I only now learning about sodium percarbonate," wrote the account owner @__aih in his tweet.
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Why am I only now learning about sodium percarbonate???????pic.twitter.com/TRy04p9uVH
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Apart from that, the tweet is accompanied by photos of the appearance before using sodium percarbonate and after using it.
Another benefit of this chemical is cleaning stubborn limescale on bathroom toilets and sink drains.
To date, this tweet has been retweeted 6,004 times and has been liked more than 36,400 times by other Twitter users.
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So, what is sodium percarbonate and how safe is it to use this chemical?
Reporting from Science Direct, sodium has another name, namely sodium.
Generally this substance is used as bleach in laundry detergent.
In the washing process, sodium percarbonate forms hydrogen peroxide and sodium carbonate.
Sodium carbonate is a water-soluble mineral and is ubiquitous in aqueous environments because it is in equilibrium with carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and with other dissolved mineral carbonates.
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Meanwhile, sodium percarbonate exhibits some aquatic toxicity properties due to the formation of unstable hydrogen peroxide.
Even so, sodium percarbonate has very low water toxicity.
Thus, the use of sodium percarbonate as an active whitening detergent will not have a significant effect on aquatic organisms.
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Meanwhile, chemist from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Chairil Anwar said that sodium percarbonate is generally used as an anti-bacterial agent.
"Percarbonate is widely used as a biocide/anti-bacterial, especially in water to replace chlorine or chlorine," said Chairil when contacted by Kompas.com, Wednesday, (17/2/2021).
According to him, this chemical can indeed be used to remove stains, but you must pay attention to its use.
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He explained that sodium percarbonate tends to be toxic or toxic and causes irritation.
"It may be safe to use, because it quickly removes stains, but the side effect is irritation to the hands," he said again.
Chairil said that the toxicity of sodium percarbonate mainly causes irritation to the skin, eyes and breathing.
However, because this substance reacts with water, the irritating effect is smaller or milder.
If this substance is used in large quantities it can cause an explosion.
"If the amount is large it can explode," he continued.
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Apart from that, Chairil said that sodium percarbonate is not commonly used, but there are substances that are often used for kitchen needs, such as sodium carbonate (baking soda) and perbenzoate or hydrogen peroxide which is used as bleach.
Quoting the Kompas.com report (18/2/2010), there are a number of benefits that can be applied from using baking soda, including:
After grinding turmeric or processing chili sauce using strong-smelling ingredients, take baking soda.
To do this, take enough baking soda, wet it with water and rub it on your hands for 30 seconds.Rinse with water.
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2. Remove rain stains on car windows
Apart from that, sodium carbonate or baking soda neutralizes acid caused by rainwater.
Rain marks on the car window become an obstacle and tend to be annoying.
The way to clean it is to dissolve baking soda, dip a cloth in the solution and rub the stained area until clean.
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Furthermore, baking soda is also effective for cleaning fine-toothed combs.
The method is to mix half a bowl of baking soda with warm water, and soak the comb in the bowl for 15 minutes.
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