Acids containing oxygen are called oxyacids. Prefix 'Pyro's is used when two units of a parent acid
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Date: 2020-04-12

Acids containing oxygen are called oxyacids. Prefix 'Pyro's is used when two units of a parent acid condense together with removal of one water molecule. When one of a parent acid on an average loses a water molecule producing an acid having at least one acidic hydrogen, the resulting acids is called meta -acid   `H_(4)P_(2)O_(8)` has