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Grade 12th passInorganic Chemistry

why do lithium do not form peroxide but magbesium does?

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Devyani Jambhule
9 Years ago
because of small size ,Li+ has a strong positive field (in other words charge density i.e electric charge per unit area is is higher because of small size) around it which attracts the negative charge so strongly that it does not permit the oxide anion O(2-) to combine with another oxygen atom to form peroxide ion