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Acidic oxides are common air pollutants and the source of acid precipitation. Basic oxides are not. Use what you know about these oxides to explain this difference.

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An acidic oxide reacts with water and produces acid. They are also called acid anhydride, which are oxides that react with water to form an acid, or with a base to form a salt. They are oxides of either nonmetal or of metals in high oxidation states. An oxide is a binary compound that we obtain upon the reaction of oxygen with other elements. Their chemistry can be systematically understood by taking an oxoacid and removing water from it until only an oxide remains. The resulting oxide belongs to this group of substances. Usually, it is the oxide of non-metals. For example, sulfurous acid (SO2), sulfuric acid (SO3), and carbonic acid (CO2) are acidic oxides. Thus, CO2 dissolves in water to give carbonic acid, and NO2 gives a mixture of nitrous and nitric acids. An inorganic anhydride (a somewhat archaic term) is an acid anhydride without an organic moiety.

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