Product Overview
Hydrogen Peroxide 15% ACS Grade is an aqueous oxidizer solution (H2O2, CAS 7722-84-1) offered in pack sizes from 1 quart to 330-gallon totes. It is a colorless liquid with a slightly sharp odor, sold under the ACS Grade designation — the label lab managers, QC leads, and analytical buyers specify when a purchase order calls for reagent-designated material rather than a technical-grade workhorse. At 15%, the solution is strong enough to do real oxidation work in chemical processing, textile and pulp bleaching, and wastewater treatment, while remaining in a mid-strength band that many operations prefer over concentrated grades for day-to-day handling.
We are a distributor, not a manufacturer. Our team in Taylor, Texas packs and ships oxidizers like this one under DOT hazmat rules daily, and this page reflects how we actually classify, document, and move the product.
Why This Concentration
Pick 15% when you need more oxidizing capacity per gallon than household-strength peroxide delivers, without stepping up to the stricter handling posture of concentrated material. For transport purposes, this solution falls in the 8%-to-under-20% band of the hydrogen peroxide entry — Class 5.1 oxidizer, Packing Group III (per 49 CFR 172.101) — a different regulatory footing than more dilute solutions and a lighter one than higher-strength peroxide.
If your procedure calls for a different strength, the sibling SKUs cover the ladder. Step down to Hydrogen Peroxide 10% ACS Grade or Hydrogen Peroxide 12% ACS Grade for gentler oxidation, or up to Hydrogen Peroxide 25% ACS Grade and Hydrogen Peroxide 30% ACS Grade where a process needs more active oxygen per unit volume. If you are running an industrial process that does not require the ACS designation — bleaching, general sanitation of equipment surfaces, wastewater dosing — Hydrogen Peroxide 15% Technical Grade is the same concentration at a working-grade price point. For low-strength bench work, see Hydrogen Peroxide 3% Technical Grade or Hydrogen Peroxide 6% ACS Grade.
One honest note on grade language: the ACS Grade descriptor tells you which procurement lane this product sits in. It is not, by itself, a certification claim, and we do not dress it up as one. Review the technical data sheet and the lot COA against your own acceptance criteria before you commit it to an analytical method.
Chemical Profile
Hydrogen peroxide is H2O2, molecular weight 34.015, CAS 7722-84-1. This 15% aqueous solution is a colorless liquid with a slightly sharp odor. Density is 1.05 for the 15% w/w aqueous solution at 20 °C — slightly heavier than water, which matters when you are converting drum weight to volume for dosing. It is fully water-miscible in practice, with published solubility of 100 mg/mL or greater at 72 °F, and a low vapor pressure of 1 mmHg at 59.5 °F. The hazard character comes from its oxidizing chemistry rather than volatility: it readily gives up oxygen, which is exactly why it works as a bleaching agent and oxidant, and exactly why it must be kept away from organics and reducing agents. It may intensify fire as an oxidiser (per the product's GHS classification).
Industrial Applications
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Oxidizing agent in chemical manufacturing. H2O2 donates oxygen in synthesis and process chemistry, then decomposes to water and oxygen — a clean-breakdown oxidant that leaves no persistent residue in the reaction stream.
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Bleaching in textile and pulp operations. Peroxide bleaching whitens textiles and wood pulp by oxidizing chromophores, and this use is common enough that it appears in the product's own hazard literature.
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Analytical reagent in the lab. Titrations and other analytical procedures use peroxide as a controlled oxidant; buyers running these methods are the typical audience for the ACS designation.
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Water and wastewater treatment. Operators dose peroxide to oxidize contaminants, odor compounds, and sulfides in wastewater streams. The 15-, 55-, 275-, and 330-gallon sizes map directly to this kind of continuous industrial use.
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Aerospace propellant work. Hydrogen peroxide serves as a propellant in certain rocket applications — a niche, engineering-controlled use we list for completeness, not a how-to.
Handling & Storage
The signal word is Danger (per the product's GHS classification). The classified hazards: H272 May intensify fire; oxidiser; H302 Harmful if swallowed; H318 Causes serious eye damage (per the product's GHS classification). H318 is the one our warehouse crew takes most personally — splash-rated goggles or a face shield plus chemical-resistant gloves are the minimum any time you break the seal on a container.
Store it cool, dry, and out of direct sunlight; peroxide is light-sensitive and slowly loses strength if stored badly. Keep it in its original vented HDPE packaging or compatible glass — never decant into metal or unrated plastic. Keep it strictly segregated from organic materials, combustibles, and reducing agents: as an oxidiser it can intensify a fire it did not start (per the product's GHS classification). Ventilate storage areas, and under prolonged fire or heat exposure expect containers to be at risk of violent rupture from decomposition — which is why segregation from combustibles is a storage rule, not a suggestion. This guidance is reviewed by Andre Taki, DOT Hazmat Specialist.
Hazmat & Shipping
This product ships as a regulated hazardous material. The assigned identifiers: UN2984 (per 49 CFR 172.101), Hazard Class 5.1 — oxidizer (per 49 CFR 172.101), Packing Group III (per 49 CFR 172.101). The proper shipping name is "Hydrogen peroxide, aqueous solutions with not less than 8 percent but less than 20 percent hydrogen peroxide (stabilized as necessary)" (per 49 CFR 172.101). Every container leaves our dock labeled, packaged, and documented to that classification, whether it is a single quart headed to a lab or a 330-gallon tote headed to a treatment plant. We ship nationwide under these rules.
Documentation
An SDS ships with every order, and we maintain it in English, Spanish, French, and Japanese — useful when your EHS binder or a multilingual crew needs more than the English sheet. A lot-specific Certificate of Analysis is available for this product, so your QC team can review the tested values for the exact lot you receive rather than a generic spec sheet; that COA is how you verify purity for your own acceptance criteria. A technical data sheet is also available. If your receiving process requires documents before the truck arrives, ask and we will send them ahead.
Why Buy from Alliance Chemical
The practical case first: one supplier covers your whole use curve on this SKU — quart and gallon sizes for lab and bench work, 5- and 15-gallon mid-range containers, 55-gallon drums, and 275/330-gallon totes for high-volume industrial dosing — every size packed and papered to the same UN2984 classification, with SDS in four languages and a lot-specific COA behind it. All listed pack sizes are offered and available to order.
Alliance Chemical has operated since 1998 and has served more than 50,000 customers, most of them working buyers like you — plating shops, treatment plants, labs — who need the paperwork right the first time. Shipping and handling guidance on this page is reviewed by Andre Taki, DOT Hazmat Specialist. If you are weighing this grade against another concentration, call or email and we will talk through the ladder with you.
