20 Examples of Oxides

The oxides are compounds made up of chemical elements and oxygen, whether metallic or non-metallic. It is common for the layer that forms on the different metals to be recognized as oxide precisely from the oxidation, but in reality the name belongs to a more general category which is that of combinations between any element and oxygen. For example: potassium oxide, chloric oxide, lithium oxide.

When it comes to combinations between metals and oxygen they are called basic oxides, whereas when it is a combination between a non-metal and oxygen is a acid oxide.

Virtually all the elements can combine with oxygen generating an oxide, so they open many classifications in this sense. Binary oxides are those that are composed only of oxygen and another element, while the mixed ones will be those that are formed from the combination of more than two chemical elements and the oxygen.

Common and frequent oxides in everyday life

Examples of oxides (traditional nomenclature)

Oxides have different kinds of nomenclatures, among which are the Traditional, Stock and Systematic. Here are some examples of metallic and non-metallic oxides following the Traditional nomenclature.

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