Find the mass of oxygen contained in 1 kg of Potassium nitrate (KNO3)
Molar mass of KNO3 = 39+14+48=101
% of O in KNO3 = 48101×100
so, mass of Oxygen in 1000 g
= 0.4752 x 100 = 475.2 g
Why potassium nitrate is not used for laboratory preparation of oxygen?
Potassium nitrate on strong heating decomposes as under: 2KNO3 → ∆ 2KNO2 + O2 Calculate: (i) weight of potassium nitrite formed. (ii) weight of oxygen formed when 5.05 g of potassium nitrate decomposes completely. (K = 39, O = 16, N = 14)