What happens when following are heated?
Potassium nitrate

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Solution

Decomposition reaction is a type of reaction in which single reactant breaks into two or more fragments by input of energy in form of heat, light and electricity.

Thermal decomposition of Potassium nitrate produce potassium nitrite and oxygen.

$2 K N O_{3} \to 2 K N O_{2} + O_{2}$

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