There are some compounds that end in 'hydroxide', for example, calcium hydroxide, or sodium hydroxide. But there are also compounds that end in 'oxide' such as copper oxide. So what is the difference between the compounds ending in 'hydroxide' and the ones ending in 'oxide'?
2007-07-26 18:16:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
hyrdroxide = hydrogen and oxygen -OH
oxide = is just oxygen plus an element
2007-07-26 18:21:37 · answer #1 · answered by samir s 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oxide Hydroxide
2016-12-11 12:50:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An oxide is a combination of oxygen with another element. water could technically be called hydrogen oxide. A hydroxide is a combination of an element with an OH ion attached. Calcium Oxide is CaO, Calcium Hydroxide is Ca(OH)2 Adding water to Calcium Oxide will form Calcium Hydroxide. This true of most metal oxides. Non metal oxides like Nitrous Oxide form acids when water is added.
2007-07-26 19:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hydroxide is the most common name for the diatomic anion OH−, consisting of oxygen and hydrogen atoms, usually derived from the dissociation of a base.
An oxide is a chemical compound containing an oxygen atom and other elements.
2007-07-26 18:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by 7 Habits 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hydroxide indicates the OH- ion. An oxide is just oxygen bonded to or as an ion to another element.
2007-07-26 18:19:26 · answer #5 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm...
hydroxide is mainly consist of bases and its empirical formula is OH^-1
you get oxide when you have a single oxygen atom in a nonmetal pair of molecule
2007-07-26 19:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by >D_ConTradictor< 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hydroxide contains one oxygen and one hydrogen. The radical is one for it.
oxide has two oxygens.The radical is 2 for it.
2007-07-26 18:22:06 · answer #7 · answered by SrK 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋