Water microdroplets have potential to produce hydrogen peroxide

First off: this is an article from 2019.

Second: the discovery is disputed. Replication attempts failed. Ozone is a big contaminant at those sizes (very high surface/volume ratio), amplified by the nebulization tech to get such fine mist. The Zare team was forced to track and get rid of any ozone contamination by the research of another team, and the levels of peroxyde they themselves measured in their droplets fell by two orders of magnitude (!) compared to their initial paper. Zare & co still try to defend the outlandish claims outlined in their initial paper and communication, but the bubble clearly popped.

I guess the controversy is the reason why someone digged that old article, but it is disingenuous to not link to a more recent article (from the same publication): https://archive.ph/pTeuL Read also: https://archive.ph/tMcuB

Relevant (and timely) Derek Lowe post: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/water-droplet-weir...

This is the article I was trying to find long ago when I was talking about how atomized water could dissolve gold, and I was told I was silly.

The joys of reposts!