When sodium is treated with sufficient oxygen/air, the product obtained is:
A
Na2O
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B
Na2O2
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C
NaO2
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D
NaO
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Solution
The correct options are BNa2O2 CNaO2
Sodium peroxide can be obtained by the reaction of metallic sodium with oxygen at 130-200 C, a process that generates sodium oxide which in a separate stage absorbs oxygen.