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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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`Na_(2)O_(2) rarr 2H_(2)O rarr 2NaOH + H_(2)O_(2)`
`H_(2)O_(2) rarr H_(2)O + [O]`
`H_(2)O_(2)` turn the colour of red lithium paper to white due to its bleanching action by oxidation .Therefore the given substance is `Na_(2)O_(2)`
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