2006-07-31 02:51:29 · 8 answers · asked by Margarette C 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
A peroxide and a dioxide both has two oxygens
A dioxide is one which two oxygen atoms are attached to a metal or non metal e.g nitrogendioxide O---N---O , here the two oxygens are attached to the nitrogen with the same bond length and both the oxygens have a charge of -2
A peroxide is a molecule in which only one oxygen is attached to the key element where as the other oxygen has a bond with the oxygen that is attached to the key element e.g Sodiumperoxide Na--O--O , here the two oxygens has a bond between them and the bond length of Na--O and O--O are different.Here the charge on two oxygens is -1
Dioxides generally exists in gas form and the peroxides exists in liquid state
the peroxide has bleeching action , they has oxidative property where as the dioxides are generally acidic
2006-07-31 03:51:37 · answer #1 · answered by anjs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dioxide simply has two oxygens with a normal electronic configuration and a -2 charge. A peroxide has oxygens with a -1 charge.
Ex. CO2 is carbon dioxide because each oxygen has a -2 charge and there are two of them (di=2).
H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide because each of the the oxygens has a -1 charge.
2006-07-31 03:07:16 · answer #2 · answered by q2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A peroxide had one atom of oxygen per atom of something else, like hydrogen peroxide, has 2 hydrogens and 2 oxygens, whereas a dioxide has 2 oxygens manganese dioxide has 1 Mn, and 2 oxygens
2006-07-31 05:13:53 · answer #3 · answered by Kailey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different ways that the atoms are arranged. For example:
Titanium dioxide would be TiO2, arranged O=Ti=O
Hydrogen peroxide is H2O2, arranged H-O-O-H
Having the two oxygens bonded together makes them less stable, and fairly reactive. Peroxides spontaneously decompose into a more stable oxide, releasing Oxygen radicals (oxygen atoms with unpaired electrons that are very reactive), so, for example: H2O2 ===> H2O + O:
2006-07-31 03:00:20 · answer #4 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dioxide means 2 oxygens, as in CO2, carbon dioxide
Peroxide means one oxygen per another molecule , as in H2O2 or hydrogen peroxide
2006-07-31 03:07:10 · answer #5 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
peroxides have a OOH - bond 2 O and it's really really reactive.
dioxide have 2 OH. fairly stable
2006-07-31 04:00:12 · answer #6 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One atom of oxygen
2006-07-31 02:57:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no idea.
2006-07-31 03:20:21 · answer #8 · answered by LM718 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋