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Metals react with oxygen in air to form _________.


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Oxides

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Carbonates

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Sulphides

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Nitrates

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Solution

The correct option is A

Oxides


Metals react with oxygen to form metal oxides, which are usually basic and in some cases, amphoteric in nature.

Valency 1 4M+O22M2O
Valency 2 2M+O22MO
Valency 3 4M+3O22M2O3


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