homework help: wat is H2O4? - Help.com

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As far as I know it’s a joke..
What is H2O for?

well ok then..is it some sort of free acid?

im not sure but i found this on the internet

THE formation and decomposition of a higher hydrogen peroxide H2O4 has been described in recent Russian literature. Much of this work dealt with the existence of condensed HO2 radicals or molecular H2O4 at low temperatures ; for example, Kobozev et al., Reznitskii et al., and Gorbanev1 investigated the reaction between atomic hydrogen and liquid ozone at -196°C. Calorimetric and electron spin resonance measurements are quoted as evidence for the existence of hydrogen superoxide H2O4 which decomposes spontaneously at -115°C. into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen.

What level are you at in education terms? That could determine the answer they’re looking for

H2O4 is commonly a joke, but it’s been researched to be a superoxidizer, a higher level hydrogen peroxide.

Yeah like if you’re just looking to name it, it would be called ‘hydrogen superoxide’

..now where did I put my nerd glasses..

Is that like..secondary school?
Coz I can’t imagine they’d be looking for anything crazy complicated..either they meant it as a joke or they’re just looking for the name, hydrogen superoxide.
I’d be interested to find out the answer so let me know when you find out if you can :)

h2s04 is sulphuric acid.. so i guess its some sort of acid?

no…because the valencies dont really add up.
H
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O water
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H H-O-O-O-O-H h2o4. ok so they do, but it doesn’t make sense as a molecule. it is unstable. so it can only exist in a vacuum (with the exception of the molecule itself) because it would like react or something.

you are more likely to find O (x2) + H-H
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O

uh oh the last thing didnt work. i mean the oxygens double bond with each other

h2so4 is an acid because it is hydrogen+oxygen+non-metal. and alkali is hydrogen+metal

H2O4 doesn’t exist but it is H2O4 2+ its the acid rest of C2H2O4 known as oxalic acid

niels.aernau wrote:
H2O4 doesn’t exist but it is H2O4 2+ its the acid rest of C2H2O4 known as oxalic acid

sorry im totaly wrong never mind
jst don’t know how to delete it :p