Question

What are amphoteric oxides? Give two examples of amphoteric
oxides

Answer 1

❗❗❗* ᴜʀɢᴇɴᴛ *❗❗ ❗

ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴍʏ ꜰᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ɪꜱ ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴏʏɪɴɢ ɪᴛꜱᴇʟꜰ.

ʙᴛꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴅʏɴᴀᴍɪᴛᴇ

ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀʀᴍʏ?

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀꜰᴜʟ ꜰᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ?

ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀᴜᴇ ᴀʀᴍʏ,

ꜱᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ᴀʀᴍʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀꜱꜱɪᴠᴇ ꜱᴛʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴀ -

* ᴅʏɴᴀᴍɪᴛᴇ *

* ʟɪꜰᴇ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ᴏɴ *

‘ᴜʀɢᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘ ꜰʀᴏᴍ

‘ᴀʀᴍʏ’!

Answer 2

Answer:

The oxides which react with both acids as well as bases to produce salts and water are known as amphoteric oxides.

Example: Al2O3(aluminium oxide)

               PbO2(lead oxide)