2. Metals react with oxygen on burning to produce metal oxides which are (a) acidic in nature. (b) basic in nature. (c) neither acidic nor basic in nature. (d) both acidic and basic in nature.
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Metals react with oxygen to form basic oxides. Metallic oxides are basic in nature because they react with dilute acids to form salt and water.
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Option (C) is not correct because according to established facts, non-metallic oxides are acidic and metallic oxides are basic in nature. So, the correct answer is “Option A”. ions in solution on the other hand, non-metallic oxides react with water to form acidic solutions with liberate H+ ions in solution.
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