antacid

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Nonmetallic elements, such as sulfur, carbon, iodine, and phosphorus, undergo oxidation by concentrated nitric acid to their oxides or oxyacids, with the formation of NO2:

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Typical oxyacids consist of hydrogen combined with a polyatomic, oxygen-containing ion.

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Most of these oxides are acidic, that is, they react with water to form oxyacids.

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Borates are salts of the oxyacids of boron.

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This is illustrated in the four oxyacids of chlorine, HClO, HClO2, HClO3, HClO4, which have the names hypochlorous, chlorous, chloric and perchloric acids.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various