Index

Alkali metal ozonides. differential Ammonium ozonide. decomposition. heating curves compared. 133 134 formation. 125. 126 synthesis. 134 reaction mechanism. for forma• Ammonium peroxide. formation. 46 tion.134 solubility. 126 Barium oxide. reaction with ozone• peroxides. basic prop• mixture. 139 erties. 48. 49 Barium peroxides. applications. 77 color. 21 color. 58 determining active oxygen con- discovery. 1 tent. 36 harmful effects. 78 hazards. 22 production methods. 57. 66-69 heats of formation. 49 properties. 70 lattice energy and the formation. separation from soluble com• 49.50 pounds. 69 synthesis. 21 stability. 58. 73 unstable compounds. 22 structure. 74 Alkali metal . produc• Barium peroxide diperoxyhydrate. tion. 92 stability. 72 properties. 91. 115 structure. 73 Alkali metals. energy transforma• synthesis. 68 tion in formation of peroxides. Barium peroxide monoperoxyhy• 50 drate. stability. 72 Alkaline earth metal ozonides. syn• structure. 73 thesis. 138. 139 synthesis. 69 Alkaline earth metal peroxides. 58. Barium peroxide monoperoxyhy• 78.79 drate dihydrate. structure. 73 Alkaline earth metal super oxides • Barium peroxide octahydrate. sta• properties. 119 bility. 70 structure. 119 structure. 72 synthesis. 116-119 synthesis. 68 Alkaline earth metals. ozonides. Barium . high-pressure 139.140 synthesis. 116

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Barium superoxide (continued, Densities. comparison of peroxides. preparation from barium per• superoxides. and ozonides. 131 oxide octahydrate. 11 7 structure. 119 Gold superoxide. existence of. 120 Cadmium peroxide. production. 83 structure. 83 Heating curves. hydrate forms of Cadmium superoxide. formation. 120 Group II metal peroxides, 84-85 Calcium oxide. reaction with ozone• octahydrate and diperoxyhydrates oxygen. 139 of calcium. strontium. and Calcium peroxide. applications. 64 barium peroxide. 72ff color. 58 Hydrogen peroxide. application, 2.4 production methods. 58-60 synthesis. 1 properties. 60 Hydroperoxides. description. 11 reactions. 61 Hydroperoxyl radical formation. 93. stability. 58 95 structure. 60. 61 role as reaction intermediate. 92 Calcium peroxide diperoxyhydrate. characteristics. 62 structure. 62 Inorganic peroxide compounds. thermal decomposition. 63 classification and nomenclature. 9 Calcium peroxide octahydrate. structure. 62 Calcium superoxide. as effective hydroperoxide monohydrate. CO2 scrubbers. 119 structure. 25 formation from calcium peroxide Lithium ozonide. stability. 127 octahydrate. 11 7 synthesis. 127 in passivation of iron and steel Lithium ozonide tetrammoniate. 127 products. 119 . applications. 21. structure. 119 27.28 Cesium ozonide. production. 133 production methods. 23. 25 solubility in liqUid ammonia. 127 properties. 21. 27 Cesium peroxide. characteristics. 45 structure. 27 color. 45 synthesis. 21. 25. 26 production. 45 Lithium superoxide. stability, 96 stability, 21 postulated existence, 95, 96 structure. 46 Cesium peroxide peroxyhydrates. Magnesium oxide. reaction with characteristics. 46 ozone-oxygen, 139 Cesium superoxide. production Magnesium peroxide. medical appli• methods. 111-113 cations. 81 properties. 113 production, 79, 80 structure. 113 production using hydrogen per• Complex peroxide compounds. 14 oxide and milk of magnesia. 80 Copper. higher oxides. 22 structure. 79, 80 INDEX 145

Magnesium superoxide, formation Potassium peroxide diperoxyhy• in reaction of magnesium hy- drate, formation and structure, 44 droxide and hydrogen peroxide, Potassium super oxide , applications, 120 107 Mercury peroxide, characteristics, crystal structures, 106 86 discovery, 3, 102 structure, 86 industrial production and applica- Metallo-peroxyorganic compounds, tions, 92 18 production methods, 102-105 Molecular oxygen ions, 3, 9 properties, 105 use in spaceship cabin, 108 Ozonide ion, description, 11 used in US-designed oxygen gen• Ozonides, general characteristics, erators, 107, 108 125 Rubidium ozonide, preparation and properties. 127, 133 Peroxide ion, description, 9, 10 Rubidium peroxide, production, 44 Peroxide, Russian nomenclature, 13 stability. 21 Peroxide complexes, 15 structure, 44 Peroxide compounds, classifica- Rubidium superoxide, properties, 111 tion, 9, 17 structure, 111 characteristic properties. 12 syntheSis, 110, 111 complex groups, 14 synthesis, 18 Silver, higher oxides, 22 Peroxide hydrates, 15 Simple peroxide compounds, 11 Peroxide octahydrates, comparison Sodium ozonide, crystalline forms. of heating curves, 84, 85 128 Peroxyacids and their salts, 14 formation, 128 Peroxyhydrates, 15 stability, 128 Peroxyhydrate hydrates, 15 structure, 128 Potassium ozonide, heat of forma- synthesis, 128 tion, 132 Sodium perborates, discovery, 4 isotopic studies, 136, 137 Sodium peroxide, applications, 40-42 mechanism for the formation, 137 color, 21 production methods, 129 commercial production, 40 properties, 130 component of solid rocket fuel and reactions, 132 fuel system, 43 structure, 130, 131 corrosive property, 30 structure compared with potas• detonation, 35, 36, 39, 40 sium azide, 131 dissociation, 34, 35 Potassium peroxide, production, 43, in air regeneration, 42 44 in bleaching solutions, 40-42 stability. 21. 43 in decomposition of various ores. structure. 44 42 synthesis, 1 in the treatment of metals, 42 146 INDEX

Sodium peroxide (continued) Strontium peroxide (continued) melting point, 34 structure, 65 precise determination of struc- synthesis, 64, 65 ture,3 Strontium peroxide diperoxyhydrate, production methods, 28-33,40 stability, 65 properties, 33 structure, 66 reaction with atomic hydrogen, 38 Strontium peroxide monoperoxyhy• reaction with sodium nitrite, 39 drate, stability, 65 reaction with water, 35, 36 Strontium peroxide octahydrate, structure, 33, 34 structure, 65 synthesis, 1, 28 Strontium superoxide, preparation use in analytic chemistry, 42 from strontium peroxide octa• Sodium peroxide dihydrate, struc• hydrate, 11 7 ture,37 Super oxide ion, structure, 10 Sodium peroxide diperoxyhydrate, Superoxide, Russian nomenclature, production, 37 14 structure, 38 Superoxides, hydrolysis, 13 Sodium peroxide octahydrate, indus• Superoxides of alkali metals, charac• trial production, 36 teristics, 91 structure, 36 production, 91 Sodium superoxide, crystal modifi• cations, 100, 101 discovery, 4 Tetramethylammonium ozonide, formation using organic substances synthesis, 134 99 Thalium superoxide, existence, 120 general production methods, B6-99 properties, 99, 100 Zinc peroxide, applications, 82 stability, 100 production, 81, 82 Strontium peroxide, applications, 64 structure, 81 color, 58 Zinc superoxide, solid mixtures con• stability, 58 taining, 120