Statement I : Sodium reacts with excess O2 to form Na2O2 where as 'K' reacts to form KO2Statement II : 'K' is more reactive than Na
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a
Statement I and II are correct and statement II is the correct explanation of I
b
Statement I and II are correct but statement II is not the correct explanation of I
c
Statement - I is correct and Statement- II is incorrect
d
Both statement - I and statement - II are incorrect
answer is A.
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As the size of cation increases polarising power of cation decreases,the ability of oxide ion and peroxide ion to loose electron increases,hence large size ion forms superoxide.With increase in size down the group ionization energy decrease,reactivity increases.