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Oxides of metals are generally of which nature and why?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 30 Apr, 2014, 03:40: PM
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Oxides of metals are generally of basic nature. For example, when magnesium is burnt in air, it reacts with oxygen of air to form basic magnesium oxide (MgO). This oxide of magnesium is basic because when MgO is dissolved in water, then it forms a base called as magnesium hydroxide [Mg(OH)2].
MgO + H2O 
Mg(OH)2
Therefore we can say that oxides of metals are basic in nature as they form bases when they are dissolved in water.
Answered by | 30 Apr, 2014, 05:40: PM
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