). The kinetics of oxidation of potassium iodide by hydrogen peroxide in aqueous perchloric acid has been studied both in the The activation energies associated with rate constants kl, k2, and k3 are 52 ? 1, 49 t 1, and 42 ? 3 kJ mol-', respectively.A mechanism in agreement with the experimental kinetic data is proposed, according to which rate constants k, , k2, and k3 correspond to the oxidations of iodide ion by H202. H302+ and H2Mo05, respectively.