Will manganous tetroxide hydrolyze?
Manganese tetroxide is a black tetragonal crystal, which belongs to spinel after combustion, in which divalent and trivalent manganese ions are distributed in two different lattice positions. Oxygen ions are cubic closely packed, divalent manganese ions occupy tetrahedral gaps, and trivalent manganese ions occupy octahedral gaps. Manganese tetroxide is paramagnetic at room temperature, but ferromagnetic below 4 1 ~ 43k. Manganese tetroxide exists in the form of manganese aluminum spinel in nature and is the most stable oxide. Insoluble in water, soluble in hydrochloric acid, so manganese tetroxide will not hydrolyze.