acidic oxide  [ENDORSED]

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Jackie Ngo 1C
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acidic oxide

Postby Jackie Ngo 1C » Sun Dec 09, 2018 11:17 pm

hi!! can someone dumb down the concept of acidic oxides for me please?? I'm trying to understand it from the textbook but it's so complex and I really don't get it, as many times as I reread it over and over again. thankssss!!
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Re: acidic oxide  [ENDORSED]

Postby Chem_Mod » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:34 am

The non-metals (C, N, S, etc.,) form oxides that produce acidic oxides such as:
H2CO3
HNO3
H2SO4
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Re: acidic oxide

Postby nicknavejas1B » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:47 pm

Im glad someone was able to help with this!
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Re: acidic oxide

Postby Jennifer Zhou 1A » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:20 pm

non-metal oxides are acidic, such as SO2, because they react with water to produce corresponding acids.
SO2 react with H2O to produce H2SO4
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