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A white solid is either `Na_(2)O` or `Na_(2)O_(2)`. A piece of red litmus paper turns white when it is dipped into a freshly made aqueous solution
of the white solid.
a. Identify the substance and explain the balanced equation.
b. Explain what would happen to the red litmus if the white solid
were the other compound.

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`a. Na_(2)O_(2)+2H_(2)to2NaOH+H_(2)O_(2)`
`H_(2)O_(2)`, thus produced turns red litmus paper white due to its bleaching action.
b. `Na_(2)O+H_(2)Oto2NaOH`
`NaOH` thus produced will turn red litmus blue. Hence white solid is `Na_(2)O_(2)`.
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