aluminium oxide is an amphoteric oxide.why
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Aluminium oxide is amphoteric. It has reactions as both a base and an acid. Reaction with water: Aluminum oxide is insoluble in water and does not react like sodium oxide and magnesium oxide. The oxide ions are held too strongly in the solid lattice to react with the water.
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Aluminium oxide acts as both an acid oxide as well as a basic oxide. In the presence of a basic medium Aluminium oxide reacts with it to form a salt and water.
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- Similarly in acidic medium it reacts with the acid to form salt and water.
- As Aluminium oxide reacts with both bases as well as acids it is known as an amphoteric oxide.
- The amphoteric nature of Aluminium oxide helps in the making of a large number of complex compounds.
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