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Sodium oxide is Basic.

Remember, most metals form basic oxides where most non-metals will form acidic oxides because of what they produce when placed in water - Sodium oxide will produce Sodium Hydroxide which is a strong base.

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Sodium nitrate is a salt composed of a sodium cation and a nitrate anion. The nitrate anion is derived from nitric acid, which is a strong acid. Therefore, sodium nitrate is neutral.

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Sodium oxide is a strongly basic oxide:

Na2O + 2 H+ ----> 2 Na+ + H2O

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Sodium hydroxide is a strong base, and hydrogen fluoride is a weak acid, so sodium fluoride would be weakly basic.

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It is Neutral, because it is a salt of strong acid and strong base

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Slightly acidic

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Sodium nitrite is a mildly basic salt

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Basic

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