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Above 80°C in water, the peroxoborate ion breaks down and liberates hydrogen peroxide which acts as a bleaching agent. This reaction is employed in bleaching washing powders.

J.D. Lee, Concise Inorganic Chemistry, Fourth Edition, Chapman and Hall, 1991.
Na2
[B2(OH)4(O2)2]
.6H2O
  +  
H2O
         
2
HOOH
  +  
2
[B(OH)4]–
  +  
2
Na+
  +  
2
H2O
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Hydrolysis
Industrial Process: Inorganic

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