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) OsO4 ,V2O5 ,CrO3 These type of metallic oxides are acidic in nature because of the large Oxidation number of the Metal.

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