Pb(NO3)2 on heating gives a brown gas which undergoes dimerisation on cooling. Identify the gas.
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Solution
Pb(NO3)2 on heating gives a brown gas nitrogen dioxide NO2 which undergoes dimerisation on cooling to form dinitrogen tetraoxide N2O4. 2Pb(NO3)2673K−−−→4NO2+2PbO+O2