“…Oxides possessing strongly pronounced acid properties and playing the role of anion-forming oxides are located in the end of the electronegativity scale. In the middle of the scale there are oxides which, according to the electronegativity values, can act as both cation-and anion- [164], molybdates [165,166], niobate [166], and tungstates [166,167] are known on the one hand, and barium germanate [168] on the other; beryllium oxide {beryllium phosphates, molybdates, and tungstates [169,170] vs. alkaline-earth metal beryllates [169]; and also boron oxide B 2 O 3 {boron phosphates [171] vs. alkaline-earth metal metaborates [172,173]}. Chromium(II), iron(II), cobalt(II), and nickel(II) oxides also have amphoteric properties [140].…”