Also I have another question i'm not sure about..
What patterns can be seen in the ways elements react first with oxygem and then with water to form either acids or bases?
2006-10-09 10:06:21 · 3 answers · asked by Aries1704 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I think the first is that they form acids, carbonic acid and sulfuric acid.
I think it's necessary for these elements to react and form compounds with oxygen before becoming acids, because they are the same charge as hydrogen ions.
2006-10-09 10:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
H2CO3 -----> CO2 + H2O (in fact this is the true way of the reaction)
(CO results from an incomplete combustion of carbon material so is not completely soluble in water)
SO2 + H2O ------->H2SO3 (in equilibrium)
SO3 + H2O ------->H2SO4 (in equilibrium)
If oxide contains the atom in a higher state of oxidation the number of oxygens increases in one unit.
2006-10-09 17:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by CHESSLARUS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ACIDS ,,as suphuric and carbonic acids with low pH
2006-10-09 17:17:32 · answer #3 · answered by source_of_love_69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋