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K + O2 --> K2O or KO2
« on: January 10, 2021, 11:47:02 AM »
I don't understand what is the product I get when I put potassium in contact with air...

I'll get K2O or KO2...some textbooks say the first one other the second
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Re: K + O2 --> K2O or KO2
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2021, 12:28:54 PM »
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Re: K + O2 --> K2O or KO2
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2021, 06:33:19 PM »
https://www.webelements.com/potassium/chemistry.html

So if I burn (heat?)  K + O2 I'll get KO2

But if potassium reacts with oxygen without "burning" will I get  K2O instead?
Or without burning nothing happens ...?


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Re: K + O2 --> K2O or KO2
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2021, 06:42:46 PM »
During burning - mainly KO2, otherways mixture of K2O2 and K2O, with ozone - KO3
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Re: K + O2 --> K2O or KO2
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2021, 03:53:03 AM »
Broadly speaking there is no simple answer to the question about which oxide is produced. You will almost always get a mixture of oxides. Which one dominates depends on exact reaction conditions and composition of mixture of reagents. Then, the oxides can further quickly decompose, making things even more complicated.
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Re: K + O2 --> K2O or KO2
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2021, 04:46:08 AM »
understood!!
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