When Potassium Nitrate decomposes into Potassium Nitride and Oxygen ? balance the equation.

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$P o t a s s i u m N i t r a t e d e c o m p o s e s i n t o P o t a s s i u m N i t r i t e (n o t n i t r i d e) a n d O x y g e n 2 K N O_{3} \to 2 K N O_{2} + O_{2} P o t a s s i u m n i t r a t e P o t a s s i u m n i t r i t e$

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When Potassium Nitrate decomposes into Potassium Nitride and Oxygen ? balance the equation.

Potassium Nitrate decomposes into Potassium Nitrite (not nitride) and Oxygen 2KNO3 → 2KNO2 + O2 Potassium nitrate Potassium nitrite

$P o t a s s i u m N i t r a t e d e c o m p o s e s i n t o P o t a s s i u m N i t r i t e (n o t n i t r i d e) a n d O x y g e n 2 K N O_{3} \to 2 K N O_{2} + O_{2} P o t a s s i u m n i t r a t e P o t a s s i u m n i t r i t e$