Why carbon dioxide is an acidic oxide?
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Why carbon dioxide is an acidic oxide?
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Answer:
Acidic oxides or acid anhydride are oxides that react with water to form an acid or with a base to form a salt. Carbon dioxide increases the hydrogen ion concentration of rain water(pH= 5.6) by a factor of 25 compared to pure water (pH =7).
That's the reason why carbon dioxide is an acidic oxide.....
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since is reacts with water to form acid and with base to form salt