On heating blue coloured powder of copper(II) nitrate in a boiling tube copper oxide (black), oxygen gas and a brown gas X is formed. What is the balanced chemical equation for the reaction?
A
2Cu(NO3)(s)Heat−−−→2CuO(s)+O2(g)+2NO2(g)
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B
Cu(NO3)2(s)Heat−−−→CuO(s)+NO2(g)
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C
2Cu(NO3)2(s)Heat−−−→2CuO(s)+O2(g)+4NO2(g)
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D
Cu(NO3)2(s)Heat−−−→Cu(s)+NO2(g)
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E
Cu(NO3)(s)Heat−−−→CuO(s)+NO2(g)
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Solution
The correct option is C2Cu(NO3)2(s)Heat−−−→2CuO(s)+O2(g)+4NO2(g) On heating blue coloured powder of copper(II) nitrate in a boiling tube copper oxide (black), oxygen gas and a brown gas named as X is formed . The brown gas is nitrogen dioxide. (NO2).