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at 500 °C which decomposes at that temperature giving pure potassium oxide and oxygen.

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Potassium hydroxide cannot be further dehydrated to the oxide but it can react with molten potassium to produce it, releasing hydrogen as a byproduct.

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Properties and reactions

K₂O crystallises in the antifluorite structure. In this motif the positions of the anions

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