Question

Over coffee and croissants at breakfast one day, your friend Reuben (an expert chemist) says this: "Soluble metal oxides form hydroxides when dissolved in water." Using Reuben's statement, and what you already know about chemistry, predict the products of the following reaction.
K2O(aq) + H20(1) rightarrow

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The product formed will be alkaline solution of potassium hydroxide .

K₂O + H₂O = 2 KOH .

Therefore  K₂O is called basic oxide .