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What Is The Chemical Reaction Of Sodium Hydroxide And Hydrogen Peroxide ?

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Sodium peroxide is hydrolyzed to give sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide.

The formula is:

Na2O2 + 2 H2O _ 2 NaOH + H2O2

Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction in which which molecules of water are split into hydrogen cations and hydroxide anions.

Sodium peroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2O2.

It was once used to bleach wood pulp for the production of paper and textiles. These days it is mainly used for specialized laboratory operations such as the extraction of minerals from various ores. Sodium Hydroxide is also known as lye and caustic soda. It is used in many industries, mostly as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of paper, textiles and detergents.

It's the stuff that Brad Pitt's character uses to burn the hand of Ed Norton's character in the film Fight Club. This is a true-to-life scene as solid sodium hydroxide or solutions containing high concentrations of it can cause chemical burns, permanent injury or scarring, and blindness.

In the film, Pitt'c character burns Norton's hand in an attempt to get him to focus on his pain and to overcome it. It also gives him a scar to wear as a badge of honour. This scene should not be re-created as it is extremely dangerous.

Pure sodium hydroxide is a white solid and comes in pellets or flakes. It has to be stored in air-tight containers as it extracts water from the air. It is very soluble in water with heat. Hydrogen peroxide commonly used as a bleach. It's a clear liquid that can be used as a disinfectant or antiseptic. It is also used in rocketry as a propellant.
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Vincent Davis answered
2NaOH+H2O2--->Na2O2+2H2O, this is the balanced chemical equation.
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The sodium peroxide would just reform NaOH in water. Your H2O2 did nothing. The reaction actually goes the other way.
Na2O2 + 2H20 ---> 2NaOH + H2O2
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I know that a base such as NaOH can be used with Hydrogen peroxide in organic reactions to form , what I guess is an intermediate because it is not something I had seen up until today, the Intermediate is NaOOH and the OOH- anion attacks aryl ketones and a carboxylic acid and a phenol are produced.

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it is called the dakin reaction
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I'm fairly sure that sodium hydroxide does NOT react with hydrogen peroxide. If you mix sodium hydroxide with hydrogen peroxide, you'll probably see a lot of bubbling, but that's from the heat from the sodium hydroxide dissolving making the hydrogen peroxide decompose. If you take a solution of sodium hydroxide and a solution of hydrogen peroxide and you mix them together at the same temperature, nothing will happen.
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When Hydrogen Peroxide is added to high concentrations of NaOH *for example, 4% H2O2 to 5M NaOH), the solution warms and crystals precipitate rapidly. It's not clear if the crystals are hydrates of NaOH or Sodium Peroxide. Mixed cold or warm, the same results. Above 40C, no crystallization is observed.

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