The Study of the Reactions of Potassium Superoxide by Means of Isotopic Techniques Involving 18O

Abstract

Isotopic techniques involving 18O have been used to study of the reactions of potassium superoxide with water vapour and carbon dioxide. The isotopic analyses have been carried out with an analytical mass spectrometer. For the reactions of potassium superoxide with water vapour and with mixture of water vapour and carbon dioxide, tracer experiments prove that all of the oxygen gas liberated by these reactions originated from potassium superoxide. Carbon dioxide did not react with potassium superoxide without water vapour at room temperature.