The structure of sodium percarbonate, Na2CO 3. 1½HzO2, has been solved from film-scanned data and refined toR =0.114.[Aba2, =9.224(4),b: 15.805(4),c=6.747(2)A,Z=8, d,,,=2.05, d c=2.12gcm -3 2~(Cu Kt h) = 1.54051A.] The CO s ions and H202 molecules lie in planes about 3.5 A apart, although the H202 molecules are inclined somewhat with respect to the CO 3 ions. The Na ions are midway between these molecular sheets. One of the H202 molecules is disordered between two possible orientations.