Are all metal oxides, carbonates, hydroxides are basic in nature?

1 Answer
Apr 21, 2018

Not all but yes most of them.

Explanation:

Most of the metal Oxides , carbonates and Hydroxides are basic in nature.

Some exceptions are there :-

1)1) OsO_4OsO4 , V_2O_5,V2O5 , CrO_3,CrO3 These type of metallic oxides are acidic in nature because of the large Oxidation number of the Metal.

2)2) Al_2O_3 Al2O3 , PbO,PbO, ZnO,ZnO These are Amphoteric oxides.