“…3 Using cleaner chemicals, Schmidt et al found different values and concluded that the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide is catalyzed by very small amounts of metal ions. [4][5][6] In ultraclean chemicals with metal-ion contents lower then 0.08 ppb, an activation energy for the first order decomposition reaction of 103 kJ/mol was found. 7 By increasing the iron-ion concentration in an APM solution (70ЊC) from <0.08 ppb to 1 ppb, the half-life of the hydrogen peroxide decreases from 6.8 days to 1.7 h. 8 Closer inspection of the hydrogen peroxide decomposition data in alkaline solutions reveals that not all data fit according to a first order reaction rate mechanism.…”