Sodium reacts with oxygen at room temperature to form:

acidic oxide

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basic oxide

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neutral oxide

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none of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B basic oxide
Sodium reacts with the oxygen of air at room temperature to form a basic oxide called sodium oxide.
$2 N a + O_{2} (g) \to 2 N a_{2} O (s)$ .

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