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Acidic oxide

Type of oxide

An acidic oxide is an oxide that either produces an acidic solution upon addition to water, or acts as an acceptor of hydroxide ions effectively functioning as a Lewis acid. Acidic oxides will typically have a low pKa and may be inorganic or organic. A commonly encountered acidic oxide, carbon dioxide produces an acidic solution (and the generation of carbonic acid) when dissolved. Generally non-metallic oxides are acidic.

The acidity of an oxide can be reasonably assumed by its accompanying constituents. Less electronegative elements tend to form basic oxides such as sodium oxide and magnesium oxide, whereas more electronegative elements tend to produce acidic oxides such as carbon dioxide and phosphorus pentoxide. Some oxides, like aluminium oxides, are amphoteric, while some oxides may be neutral.

Acidic oxides are of environmental concern. Sulfur and nitrogen oxides are considered air pollutants as they react with atmospheric water vapour to produce acid rain.

Examples

Carbonic acid is an illustrative example of the Lewis acidity of an acidic oxide. :CO2 + 2OH− HCO3− + OH− CO32− + H2O This property is a key reason for keeping alkali chemicals well sealed from the atmosphere, as long-term exposure to carbon dioxide in the air can degrade the material.

Carbon dioxide is also the anhydride of carbonic acid: :
Chromium trioxide, which reacts with water forming chromic acid: :
Dinitrogen pentoxide, which reacts with water forming nitric acid: :
Manganese heptoxide, which reacts with water forming permanganic acid: :

Further examples

Aluminium oxide

Aluminium oxide (Al2O3) is an amphoteric oxide; it can act as a base or acid. For example, with base different aluminate salts will be formed: :Al2O3 + 2 NaOH + 3 H2O → 2 NaAl(OH)4

Silicon dioxide

Silicon dioxide is an acidic oxide. It will react with strong bases to form silicate salts.

Silicon dioxide is the anhydride of silicic acid: :

Phosphorus oxides

Phosphorus(III) oxide reacts to form phosphorous acid in water: :P4O6 + 6 H2O → 4 H3PO3

Phosphorus(V) oxide reacts with water to give phosphoric acid: :P4O10 + 6 H2O → 4 H3PO4

Sulfur oxides

Sulfur dioxide reacts with water to form the weak acid, sulfurous acid: :SO2 + H2O → H2SO3

Sulfur trioxide forms the strong acid sulfuric acid with water: :SO3 + H2O → H2SO4 This reaction is important in the manufacturing of sulfuric acid.

Chlorine oxides

Chlorine(I) oxide reacts with water to form hypochlorous acid, a very weak acid: : Chlorine(VII) oxide reacts with water to form perchloric acid, a strong acid: :Cl2O7 + H2O → 2 HClO4

Iron oxides

Iron(II) oxide is the anhydride of the aqueous ferrous ion: :

Chromium oxides

Chromium trioxide is the anhydride of chromic acid: :

Vanadium oxides

Vanadium trioxide is the anhydride of vanadous acid: : Vanadium pentoxide is the anhydride of vanadic acid: :

References

John Daintith. (February 2008). "A Dictionary of Chemistry".
"Principles of Modern Chemistry". [[Cengage Learning]].
Chang, Raymond. (2011). "General chemistry: the essential concepts". [[McGraw-Hill]].
(2018). "Comprehensive Chemistry Volume 1". Laxmi Publications.

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