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Min Han; Jiaxin Zhang; Yiping Wang; Yan Hu; Ronghui Que – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
A simple, safe, and easy demonstration of the reaction of sodium peroxide with water is presented. The reaction is performed in a plastic bottle by adding water to sodium peroxide supported in a rubber "thimble"; oxygen is detected by the reignition of a glowing splint, while the generation of sodium hydroxide is indicated by…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments