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Sodium burns in oxygen to give the peroxide. Pure oxygen is required to drive the reaction to completion from the oxide to the peroxide.

Industrially, the reaction is performed in two steps, first sodium is oxidised to the oxide which is then further oxidised to the peroxide.

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989

2
Na
  +  
O2
         
Na2O2
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Sodium     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium peroxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Redox

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