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Lithium being heated in air mainly forms the monoxide and not the peroxide. If true enter 1 else 0.

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Lithium on heating in air forms mainly $L i_{2} O$ (oxide) and not peroxide $(L i_{2} O_{2})$ .
$L i^{+}$ being smaller in size cannot stabilize larger anion as $O_{2}^{2 -}$ (peroxide). Thus, $L i_{2} O_{2}$ is not formed.

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