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Question
What happens when sodium metal is heated in the free supply of air?
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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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