QUESTIONS
1. What tool did your lab instructor use to cut the Na metal?
exhibit, one that we don't normally associate with a metal, that allowed the lab instructor to use that tool?
2. Metallic oxides, like $Na_2O$ and $BaO$, dissolve in water and turn red litmus blue. What chemical property does this indicate about metallic oxides?
b. Predict the effect on litmus when non metallic oxides, such as $SO_2$ and $CO_2$, dissolve in water.
Explain.