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A white powder when strongly heated gives off brown fumes. A solution of this white powder gives a yellow precipitate with a solution of KI. When a solution of barium chloride is added this white powdered solution, a white precipitate forms. This white powder may be:

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A Soluble Sulphate
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KBr and NaBr
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Ba(NO3)2
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D
AgNO3
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Solution

The correct option is D AgNO3
The given white powder is AgNO3 and when it is strongly heated, brown fumes comes out.
2AgNO3Δ2Ag+2NO2+O2
(Brown)
The solution gives a yellow precipitate with a solution of KI.
AgNO3(aq)+KI(aq)AgI+KNO3(aq)
(Yellow ppt)
When a solution of barium chloride is added, a white precipitate forms.
2AgNO3(aq)+BaCl2(aq)2AgCl+Ba(NO3)2
(White ppt)
AgCl is also soluble in NH3(aq).
AgCl+2NH3Ag(NH3)2Cl (Soluble complex).

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