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sodium peroxide
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noun Chemistry.
a yellowish-white, hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, Na2O2, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent.
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The residue in the filter is ignited and fused with a little sodium carbonate and nitrate, or with sodium peroxide.
British Dictionary definitions for sodium peroxide
sodium peroxide
noun
a yellowish-white odourless soluble powder formed when sodium reacts with an excess of oxygen: used as an oxidizing agent in chemical preparations, a bleaching agent, an antiseptic, and in removing carbon dioxide from air in submarines, etc. Formula: Na 2 O 2
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