Basic oxide

Basic oxide

In chemistry, a basic oxide is an oxide that either

*reacts with water to have a proton transferred to it
*reacts with an acid to form a salt. Examples include:

*Sodium oxide which reacts with water to produce Sodium hydroxide.
*Magnesium oxide which reacts with water to form Magnesium hydroxide.
*Copper(II) oxide which reacts with Nitric acid to form Copper nitrate and water.
* i.e. CuO + 2HNO3 → Cu(NO3)2 + H2O

Basic oxides are oxides of metals.

See also

*Acidic oxide
*Amphoteric oxide


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