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Carbon monoxide is an oxide of
carbon that does not react with either acids or bases. What name is given to this type of
oxide?
This question is asking us about a
certain type of oxide.
An oxide is a compound that
contains oxygen with one other element. Examples include magnesium oxide,
sulfur dioxide, zinc oxide, and carbon monoxide. Unlike the other three examples
here, carbon monoxide does not react with acids or bases. To know the name of this type of
oxide, let’s review the different types of oxides.
First, magnesium oxide is an
example of a basic oxide. As a basic oxide, it reacts with
acids in neutralization reactions. For example, the basic oxide
magnesium oxide reacts with sulfuric acid to form the salt magnesium sulfate and
water.
Sulfur dioxide is an example of an
acidic oxide. The situation here is the reverse
of the previous example. An acidic oxide reacts with bases
in neutralization reactions. An example of a neutralization
reaction with an acidic oxide is the combination of sulfur dioxide with sodium
hydroxide to form sodium sulfite and water.
Zinc oxide is an example of an
amphoteric oxide. Amphoteric comes from the Greek
word for “both,” so amphoteric oxides react with both acids and bases. Zinc oxide can act as a base in a
neutralization reaction with an acid, and it can also act as an acid in a
neutralization reaction with a base.
Finally, we arrive at carbon
monoxide, which is a neutral oxide. This is the name that the question
is asking for. Neutral oxides do not react when
combined with acids or bases. So, what name is given to this type
of oxide? The correct answer is neutral.
