___ gas is produced by heating of ammonium nitrate (name only the nitrogen-containing compound).

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When Ammonium nitrate is heated at $250 ° C$ , Nitrous oxide gas and water vapors are formed.
The reaction is: $\underset{Ammonium nitrate}{{NH}_{4} {NO}_{3} (s)} \overset{∆}{\to} \underset{Nitrous oxide}{N_{2} O (g)} + \underset{Water vapors}{2 H_{2} O (g)}$
Nitrous oxide is also known as a laughing gas.
Hence, Nitrous oxide $(N_{2} O)$ gas is produced by heating ammonium nitrate.

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___ gas is produced by heating of ammonium nitrate (name only the nitrogen-containing compound).

When Ammonium nitrate is heated at 250°C, Nitrous oxide gas and water vapors are formed.The reaction is:NH4NO3(s)Ammoniumnitrate→∆N2OgNitrousoxide+2H2O(g)WatervaporsNitrous oxide is also known as a laughing gas.Hence, Nitrous oxide(N2O) gas is produced by heating ammonium nitrate.