Question

Give one example for thermal decomposition reaction.

Answer 1

Thermal decomposition reaction:
A thermal decomposition reaction is a reaction in which the reactant undergoes decomposition to give more than one product in presence of heat or temperature. In this reaction, heat energy is used to carry out the decomposition of the molecules.

Example of a thermal decomposition reaction:

An example of a thermal decomposition reaction is heating Copper carbonate to give Copper oxide and Carbon dioxide.
The reaction is given as :

$$\begin{gathered} {\mathrm{CuCO}}_3+\mathrm{heat}\to \mathrm{CuO}+{\mathrm{CO}}_2 \\ (\mathrm{Copper}(\mathrm{Copper}\left(\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{dioxide}\right) \\ \mathrm{carbonate})\mathrm{oxide}) \end{gathered}$$