Question

47. What is the nature (acidic/basic) of the following oxides?
(a) Magnesium oxide (b) Sulphur dioxide
Given reason for your choice.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) Magnesium dioxide is basic in nature . coz , u know magnesium is a metal and since we know that oxides of metals are basic in nature . (b) Sulfur dioxide is acidic in nature . as u know that oxides of non metals are acidic in nature and since sulfur is a non metal .

Answer 2

Answer:

a. basic oxide b. acidic oxide

Explanation:

as we move from left to right in periodic table it becomes acidic