What is the difference between the hydroxides of non-metals, and the hydroxides of metals?

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What is the difference between the hydroxides of non-metals, and the hydroxides of metals?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-15T07:14:13

Well, usually non-metal hydroxides are ACIDS....

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And the hydroxides of metals are usually bases...

And a few oxo-acids are ${(H O)}_{2} S {(= O)}_{2}$ $(HO)_2S(=O)_2$ , ${(H O)}_{3} P = O$ $(HO)_3P=O$ , $H O + N (= O) O^{-}$ $HOstackrel+N(=O)O^(-)$ , and ${(O =)}_{3} C l O H$ $(O=)_3ClOH$ ...what are the conventional names of these acids? On the other hand, when a less electron-rich metal forms an hydroxide, electron density is not polarized away from the $O - H$ $O-H$ bond...which remains intact, and, in solution gives $^{-} O H$ $""^(-)OH$ ions...

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