Can lithium can make peroxide and superoxide and then how ?

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Umakant biswal · Answer

@ harsh NO , lithium cannot form that its beacuse of its small size , lithium is not able to stabilise large anion such as peroxide and superoxide ion . HOPE IT CLEARS

ayesha verma · Answer

as lithium has a small size, it has astrong positive field around it which attracts the more electronegative oxygen atom so strongly that it prevents the oxide to combine with another oxygen atom to form peroxide and superoxides further.

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Can lithium can make peroxide and superoxide and then how ?

Can lithium can make peroxide and superoxide and then how ?

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