Predict the product and balance for LI+O2

product: Lithium oxide

LI + O2 --> LI2O

balanced equation: 4Li + O2 → 2Li2O

Lithium superoxide is an inorganic compound which has only been isolated in matrix isolation experiments at 15-40 K.</ref> It is an unstable free radical that has been analyzed using infrared, Raman, electronic, electron spin resonance, soft X-ray spectroscopies, and a variety of theoretical methods.

Molar mass: 38.94 g/mol

Formula: LiO2

Melting point: <25 °C (decomposes)

Density: g/cm3, solid

Related Lithium oxides: Lithium oxide; Lithium peroxide

1O2 + Li → LiO2

2SO3 + Li2O → SO2 + LiO2

3O2 + LiO → LiO2

Balance:

4Li + O2 = 2Li2O

     LR

  Li:44  

  O:22

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