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Question
What happens when sodium metal is heated in the free supply of air?
Solution
On being heated in air, sodium reacts vigorously with oxygen to form sodium peroxide. The chemical equation involved in the reaction is:
\[\ce{2Na_{(s)} + O_{2(s)} -> Na_2O_{2(s)}}\]
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