Question

Give the importance of decomposition reaction in metal industry (3 points)

Please give the answer in reference to the NCERT textbook.

Answer 1

Decomposition are that reactions on providing energy the compound splits into its respective constituents.
Decomposition reaction can occur using heat energy, light energy or electricity.
these reactions have lot of use in daily life application.
1. In metallurgy for refining of metals.
2. extracting high reactive metals from their molten chlorides.( Molten sodium chloride)
3. electrolysis of water gives on large scale production of Hydrogen gas and oxygen gas.