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What happens if you add nitric acid with hydrogen peroxide
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nitric oxide reacts with hydrogen peroxide to release large amounts of chemiluminescence with the characteristics of the highly cytotoxic species, singlet oxygen.

, singlet oxygen.Step-by-step explanation:

This is supported by the observation that when nitric oxide was added to a superoxide generating system, catalase inhibited the production of singlet oxygen while superoxide dismutase enhanced it

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