it depolymerises the lignin, breaking down the long plant polymers and releasing oxygen and a bunch of short chain ketones that would evaporate, which is why they stand them up and hopefully don't breathe the fumes.
(edit) just had a look at the lab data ((https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/5/776/pdf). The hydrogen peroxide actually removes a fair bit of the cellulose and hemicellulose along with the lignin. It states lignin removal is "from 29% of weight down to 2.9%". You'd apologise for your unwarranted superciliousness if you had the least bit of class about you, brb. pretty much everything you stated is wrong
(, Tue 9 Feb 2021, 20:57, Reply)
"replace the 90% of structural material that you've dissolved"
how much of the wood is removed?
(, Wed 10 Feb 2021, 9:33, Reply)
i feel like Ive defended my comic reply enough to would-be pedants. Sometimes I wonder what some are doing on a comedy website
(, Wed 10 Feb 2021, 10:23, Reply)
is your whole account one long troll dedicated to dimwitted argument? I'd say well played sir, for such a sustained performance
(, Wed 10 Feb 2021, 20:50, Reply)