Question

1. Name the gas that you can obtain in laboratory from ammonium nitrate and write the equation for the reaction taking place to obtain the gas.

2. Write the equation for the action of heat on sodium nitrate.

Answer 1

1) Ammonium nitrate on heating gives dinitrogen oxide as the gaseous product.
NH₄NO₃ ----> N₂O + 2 H₂O
2) Sodium nitrate on heating gives sodium nitrite and oxygen gas
2 NaNO_​3 ------> 2NaNO₂ + O₂