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Sodium peroxide

Description

Sodium peroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Na₂O₂. This yellowish solid is the product of sodium ignited in excess oxygen. 

It is a strong base.Sodium peroxide crystallizes with hexagonal symmetry.

Sodium peroxide was used to bleach wood pulp for the production of paper and textiles. Presently it is mainly used for specialized laboratory operations, e.g., the extraction of minerals from various ores. Sodium peroxide may go by the commercial names of Solozone and Flocool. In chemistry preparations, sodium peroxide is used as an oxidizing agent. It is also used as an oxygen source by reacting it with carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and sodium carbonate; it is thus particularly useful in scuba gear, submarines, etc. Lithium peroxide has similar uses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_peroxide

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