Statement 1: Potassium carbonate can be prepared by Solvay process like sodium carbonate using potassium chloride as starting material.
Statement 2: Potassium carbonate is obtained as one of the products when potassium superoxide reacts with carbon dioxide.

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Both statements 1 and 2 are correct

Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect

Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct

Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

answer is C.

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$K H C O_{3}$ is highly soluble in water so it cannot be separated like ${NaHCO}_{3}$ and thus Solvay process cannot be used.

$2 {KO}_{2} + {CO}_{2} \overset{}{\to} K_{2} {CO}_{3} + 3 / 2 O_{2}$

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