Oxygen can be prepared by heating ___________.

potassium permanganate

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

methane

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

carbon

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

none of these

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is A potassium permanganate
Oxygen can be prepared by heating potassium permanganate. On heating, potassium permanganate splits into potassium manganate and oxygen.
$2 K M n O_{4} \to K_{2} M n O_{4} + M n O_{2} + O_{2}$

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

2, 3

2

Explain why

(a) Only all-glass apparatus should be used for the preparation of nitric acid by heating concentrated sulphuric acid and potassium nitrate.

(b) Nitric acid is kept in a reagent bottle for a long time.

Join BYJU'S Learning Program