Itiswellknownthateveryprimeidealminimaloveraz-idealisalsoaz-ideal.TheconverseisalsowellknowninC(X).ThuswheneverIisanidealinC(X),thenI~(1/2)isaz-idealifandonlyifIis,inwhichcaseI~(1/2)=I.Weshowthesamefactforz~o-idealsandthenitturnsoutthatthesumofaprimaryidealandaz-ideal(z~o-ideal)inC(X)whicharenotinachainisaprimez-ideal(z~o-ideal).Wealsoshowthateverydecomposablez-ideal(z~o-ideal)inC(X)istheintersectionofafinitenumberofprimez-ideals(z~o-ideal).Somecounter-examplesingeneralringsandsomecharacterizationsforthelargest(smallest)z-idealandz~o-idealcontainedin(containing)anidealaregiven.
