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30 July, 11:10

Explain why water and sodium oxide will have very different properties

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  1. 30 July, 12:32
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    Water and sodium oxide have different properties because of their nature as explained below.

    Explanation:

    Sodium oxide is a oxide of metallic sodium, while water is an oxide of hydrogen. So sodium oxide is a metallic oxide, while water is a non metallic oxide. Sodium oxide is a basic oxide, while water is neutral. As state of matter is concerned, sodium oxide is solid in normal room temperature, while water is liquid in normal room temperature. Water is a polar covalent molecule with partial charges on oxygen, but sodium oxide is an ionic molecule.

    So all these factors contribute to very different properties of both sodium oxide and water.
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