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Hydrogen peroxide is H2O2, so each molecule is composed of two hydrogens and two oxygens. It is somewhat unstable, and left to its own devices will dissociate into water (or H2O) and hydrogen ions (H+); as such, it won't be an effective cleaning agent any longer.

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