Talk:Oxide
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why do oxides have different names?
[edit] List of all known oxides
Why is there a list at all? If we need a list then the short list of elements that do NOT form an oxide would be more informative.--Axiosaurus (talk) 09:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- I support removing the list and replacing it with a link Category:Oxides, with a statement that all elements except a handful form oxides, usually lots of oxides per element. WE editors like lists but in the case of oxides, such a list implies a finiteness that is naive and misleading, as well as impractically long. WE has lists of ligands, but every known compound except a few (mostly those that do not form oxides) would serve as a ligand.--Smokefoot (talk) 12:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
- I would be in favor of replacing this section with periodic table solution like in Iodine#Notable_inorganic_iodine_compounds, more informative. A similar table is found in reference 1 of current article. Pinpoints the exceptions V8rik (talk) 21:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
