Barium peroxide

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Barium peroxide
General
Systematic name Barium Peroxide
Molecular formula BaO2
Molar mass 169.3 g/mol.
Appearance Grey-white crystalline solid.
CAS number [1304-29-6]
Properties
Density and phase 4.95 g/cm³, Solid
Solubility in water Miscible.
Melting point 450 °C (723 K)(Decomposes to BaO + O 2

Barium peroxide (BaO2) is a grey-white compound. Because barium peroxide readily absorbs water it is used as a drying agent. Barium peroxide is also an oxidizing agent which is used for bleaching. It is used in fireworks as an oxidizer[1] which also gives a vivid green colour.

Barium peroxide is a peroxide rather than a dioxide because the oxygen atoms bond to each other as well as to the barium.

Barium peroxide can be used to prepare hydrogen peroxide via the following reaction:

BaO2 + H2SO4 → H2O2 + BaSO4


  1. ^ Data Sheet. Data Sheet. Hummel Croton Inc. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.


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