Barium peroxide
Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barium peroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula BaO2. This white solid (gray when impure) is one of the most common inorganic peroxides, and it was the first peroxide compound discovered. Being an oxidizer and giving a vivid green colour upon ignition (as do all barium compounds), it finds some use in fireworks; historically, it was also used as a precursor for hydrogen peroxide.[3]
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 Barium cations Ba2+ Peroxide anions O2−2 | |
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barium peroxide | |
| Other names
Barium binoxide, Barium dioxide | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.013.754 |
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| UN number | 1449 |
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| Properties | |
| BaO2 | |
| Molar mass | 169.33 g/mol (anhydrous) 313.45 g/mol (octahydrate) |
| Appearance | Grey-white crystalline solid (anhydrous) Colorless solid (octahydrate) |
| Odor | Odorless |
| Density | 5.68 g/cm3 (anhydrous) 2.292 g/cm3 (octahydrate) |
| Melting point | 450 °C (842 °F; 723 K) |
| Boiling point | 800 °C (1,470 °F; 1,070 K) (decomposes to BaO & O2.[1]) |
| 0.091 g/(100 mL) (20 °C) (anhydrous) 0.168 g/cm3 (octahydrate) | |
| Solubility | dissolves with decomposition in acid |
| −40.6·10−6 cm3/mol | |
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| Tetragonal[2] | |
| D174h, I4/mmm, tI6 | |
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| H272, H302, H332 | |
| P210, P220, P221, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P312, P304+P312, P304+P340, P312, P330, P370+P378, P501 | |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Barium peroxide consists of barium cations Ba2+ and peroxide anions O2−2. The solid is isomorphous to calcium carbide, CaC2.
Barium peroxide arises by the reversible reaction of O2 with barium oxide. The peroxide forms around 500 °C and oxygen is released above 820 °C.[1]
This reaction is the basis for the now-obsolete Brin process for separating oxygen from the atmosphere. Other oxides, e.g. Na2O and SrO, behave similarly.[4]
In another obsolete application, barium peroxide was once used to produce hydrogen peroxide via its reaction with sulfuric acid:[3]
The insoluble barium sulfate is filtered from the mixture.
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