Sunday, December 4, 2011

State the acid-base properties of the following period 3 oxides?

MgO


Al2 O3


P4 O6





Write equations to demonstrate the acid-base properties of each compound.


Any help will be really appreciated, all answers will get a thumbs up!!


Thank you!!|||MgO basic MgO + H2SO4 --%26gt; MgSO4 + H2O





Al2 O3 amphoteric


basic Al2O3 + 6HCl --%26gt; 2AlCl3 + 3H2O


acidic Al2O3 + 2NaOH + 3H2O ---%26gt;2 NaAl(OH)4 [sodium tetrahydroxoaluminate]





P4 O6 acidic reacts with cold water to give phosphonic acid, H3PO3, and with hot water to give phosphine and phosphoric(V) acid

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