why h2o2 act as a bleaching agent.?

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H₂O₂ is an oxidising agent as it provides Oxygen, which usually reacts with colored compunds causing their oxidative degradation and thus losing their color.
The decomposition of H₂O₂to provide Oxygenoccurs as follows:
2 H2O2â†’ 2 H2O+O2

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