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What is an oxide? |
Unit 1 | Topic 8 | |||||
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| An oxide is a chemical combination of oxygen atom(s) with a metallic or non metallic element (atoms). |
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Silicon
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+ | Oxygen | = |
silicon oxide (silica) |
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Si
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+ | O2 | = | SiO2 | |||||||||||
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metallic
element
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2 oxygen atoms | silicon
and oxygen combine to form the oxide |
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chemical
symbol for a silicon atom
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chemical symbol for oxygen | chemical formula for silica molecule | |||||||||||||
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