On being placed in water, sodium peroxide not only produces an alk
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Date: 16/02/2020

On being placed in water, sodium peroxide not only produces an alkaline solution but also bubble. If we assume that the peroxide ion picks up two protons from water to profice a compound that can be seen as the dibasic conjugate acid of peroxide ion and then this compound undergoes a rodox disproportion `Na_(2)O(s)+H_(2)O(l)to(A)+(B),\" \"(A) \"adn\"(B)\"are\"`