This survey covers preparation and properties of hydrogen peroxide, the history of its use in textile bleaching, bleaching systems; decompo-sition of hydrogen peroxide, stabilizers; factors in peroxide bleaching (caustic concentration, time, alkali pretreatment, absorbency, steeping time, presence of copper); and action of hydrogen peroxide on cotton, ionization of hydrogen peroxide, properties of cotton cloth bleached by different peroxide processes. See also 12-313 and 12-314. -- AATA