Oxi-action is a chemical-based bleach. It’s a product name, not a scientific term – it’s one type of the cleaning product Vanish, which is made by a company called Reckitt Benckiser. Normally, bleach is used to remove stains. The basic idea is that it breaks down the “chromophores” that are chemicals that can make colour. Hydrogen peroxide, a common bleach chemical, doesn’t work very well below 40 degrees Celcius, whereas room temperature is more like 20 degrees Celcius. To help the bleach work, oxi-action has a booster chemical called “tetraacetylethylenediamine”.
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