Simple oxide


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structure and properties

A sample of the oxide mineral cuprite from Morenci, Ariz.
The oxide minerals can be grouped as simple oxides and multiple oxides. Simple oxides are a combination of one metal or semimetal and oxygen, whereas multiple oxides have two nonequivalent metal sites. The oxide structures are usually based on cubic or hexagonal close-packing of oxygen atoms with the octahedral or tetrahedral sites (or both) occupied by metal ions; symmetry is typically...
Figure 1: Schematic representation of the structure of pyrite, FeS2, as based on a cubic array of ferrous iron cations (Fe2+) and sulfur anions (S−).
The oxides are further divided into two main types: simple and multiple. Simple oxides contain a single metal combined with oxygen in one of several possible metal:oxygen ratios (X:O): XO, X 2O, X 2O 3, etc. Ice, H 2O, is a simple oxide of the X 2O type that incorporates hydrogen as the cation. Although SiO 2 (quartz and its...
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