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Author: Klaus Theopold, Richard H Langley, Paul Flowers, William R. Robinson, Mark Blaser

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Chapter 18, Problem 46E

Write balanced chemical equations for the reaction of the following acid anhydrides with water:

(a) SO₃

(b) N₂O₃

(d) P₄O₁₀

(e) NO₂

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