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Beryllium oxide is treated separately with aqueous HCl and aqueous NaOH solutions.


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Beryllium oxide (BeO) is an amphoteric oxide and thus, it reacts with both acid (HCl) as well as base (NaOH) to give the corresponding products.

i. BeO + 2HCl ⟶ BeCl2 + H2O

              (Acid)

ii. BeO + 2NaOH ⟶ Na2BeO2 +  H2O

               (Base)

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