A basic oxide is an oxide that either An oxide is a chemical compound of oxygen with other chemical elements. ...

• reacts with water to have a proton transferred to it
• reacts with an acid to form a salt.

Examples include: Water is a tasteless, odourless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is known as the universal solvent. ... For other uses, see Acid (disambiguation). ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) A salt, in chemistry, is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral (without a net charge). ...

• Sodium oxide which reacts with water to produce Sodium hydroxide.
• Magnesium oxide which reacts with water to form Magnesium hydroxide.
• Copper oxide which reacts with Nitric acid to form Copper nitrate and water.
• i.e. CuO + 2 HNO3 ==> Cu(NO3)2 + H2O

Basic oxides are oxides of metals. Basic Information Flash point Non flammable Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. ... Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye or caustic soda, is a caustic metallic base. ... Magnesium oxide Magnesium oxide is a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium. ... Magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2, otherwise known as milk of magnesia, is commonly used as an antacid or a laxative. ... Copper forms two oxides, copper(I) oxide (cuprous oxide, Cu2O) a red powder and copper(II) oxide (cupric oxide, CuO) a black powder. ... The chemical compound nitric acid (HNO3), otherwise known as aqua fortis or spirit of nitre, is an aqueous solution of hydrogen nitrate (anhydrous nitric acid). ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds. ...

See also

• Acidic oxide
• Amphoteric oxide