What is the nature of non metal oxide
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What is a non metal oxide?
Non-metals react with oxygen in the air to produce non-metal oxides. ... Non-metal oxides are usually gases at room temperature. They dissolve in water to form acidic solutions. Non-metal oxides such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are responsible for acid rain.
What is nature of oxide?
Metal oxides are always basic in nature. For example, Magnesium Oxide is a metallic oxide. It will be basic because on adding water to it it will become Mg(OH)2 (Magnesium Hydroxide) which is a base!!!!! Non Metallic oxides are always acidic in nature. For example Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a non metallic oxide.
Nature of non metal oxide=>
1)The nature of non metallic oxides are always acidic in nature.
Example=>
Non metal + oxygen =>Non metallic oxide
=> Sulphur + Oxygen => Sulphur Dioxide
i.e
Sulphur Dioxide+Water=>Sulphurous Acid
2)Non metals are the elements which have the tendency to gain electrons.
Extra Information
1)Non metals are acidic in narure and turns blue lithmus red,methyl orange to red, phenolphthalein to colourless.
2)Metals are basic in nature and turns red lithmus blue, methyl orange to yellow and phenolphthalein turns pink.
3)Non metals tends to gain electrons to complete its duplet or octet.They are called electronegative elements.
4)Metals complete their duplet or octet by losing electrons.They are called electropositive elements.
The most mysterious element of periodic table is Hydrogen.
Because it can both lose or gain electron.It can gain electron to act like an halogen and it loses electrons to act like an alkali metal.