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In oxide: Metal oxides
In general, basicity increases down a group (e.g., in the alkaline earth oxides, BeO < MgO < CaO < SrO < BaO). Acidity increases with increasing oxidation number of the element. For example, of the five oxides of manganese, MnO (in which manganese has an oxidation state…
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