Rubidium peroxide is rubidium's peroxide with the chemical formula Rb2O2.
Production Rubidium peroxide can be produced by rapidly oxidizing rubidium in liquid ammonia at −50°C.Georg Brauer (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Marianne Baudler u. a.: Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. 3., umgearbeitete Auflage. Band II, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-432-87813-3, S. 955.
It can also be produced by pyrolysis of rubidium superoxide in vacuum.
Properties Rubidium peroxide is a colourless to light yellow solid with the orthorhombic crystal structure.
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