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How do non-metals react with oxygen? Explain with suitable examples.

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Non-metals react with oxygen to form acidic oxides. But most of the non-metals reacts with oxygen on ignition. The equations follow as:
$C + O_{2} \to {CO}_{2}$
$S + O_{2} \to {SO}_{2}$

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