These are determined by examining how they react with acids and bases. The amphoteric oxide reacts with both acids and bases. These compounds contain O-O bonds. The product H 2 O 2 slowly decomposes into H 2 O and O 2 . Most of the hydrogen is used to make ammonia using the Haber synthesis and to make organic compounds.
Molecular hydrides are usually gaseous or liquids.
N 2 O, all of which are gases at room temperature. Without the catalyst, ammonia oxidizes to nitrogen and water. This is the second step of the Ostwald Process . This is cycled back into the procedure. Nitric acid is a powerful oxidizing acid because N is an electronegative element, and would like to attract more electrons than it does in HNO 3 .