Which gas is evolved when potassium nitrate is heated?
Nitrogen
Nitrogen dioxide
Oxygen
None of the above
When we heat potassium nitrate, it will decompose and form potassium nitrite and oxygen gas. The involved chemical reaction is : 2KNO3→2KNO2+O2
Gases evolved during the thermal decomposition of mercuric nitrate Hg(NO3)2 are: