How can you obtain Nitrogen from ammonia?

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One can obtain Nitrogen from Ammonia by reacting ammonia with copper $(I I)$ oxide to form pure nitrogen. Ammonia gets reduced to form Nitrogen gas
$2 {NH}_{3} (g) + 3 CuO (s) \to N_{2} (g) + 3 Cu (s) + 3 H_{2} O (g)$
The Nitrogen formed is collected in gaseous state.

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