Non-metal oxides
As a non-metal oxides are called chemical compounds from a nonmetal and oxygen .
Manufacturing
Many non-metals react very easily and violently with oxygen (e.g. sulfur or phosphorus ), others only under certain conditions ( e.g. chlorine ) and some not at all ( e.g. helium ).
properties
Most non-metal oxides form acids with water . For example, sulfur dioxide and water are used to produce sulphurous acid . That is why they are also called acid oxides or acid anhydrides. They neutralize bases. All non-metal oxides contain oxygen in a predominantly covalent bond. The coordination number of oxygen in covalent oxides varies between 1 and 3.
List of non-metal oxides
The following list shows the most common oxides in addition to the respective non-metallic chemical elements .
| Non-metal | Non-metal oxides |
|---|---|
| hydrogen | Water , hydrogen peroxide |
| sulfur | Sulfur dioxide , sulfur trioxide |
| phosphorus | Phosphorus pentoxide |
| carbon | Carbon monoxide , carbon dioxide |
| nitrogen | see nitrogen oxides |
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles E. Mortimer, Ulrich Müller, Johannes Beck: Chemistry The basic knowledge of chemistry . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-13-171331-5 , p. 244 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Ralf Steudel : Chemistry of Nonmetals Syntheses - Structures - Binding - Use . Walter de Gruyter, 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-030797-9 , p. 442 ( limited preview in Google Book search).