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Standard IX

Chemistry

Preparation of Oxygen

Which gas is ...

Question

Which gas is evolved when potassium nitrate is heated?

Nitrogen

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Nitrogen dioxide

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Oxygen

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C
Oxygen

When we heat potassium nitrate, it will decompose and form potassium nitrite and oxygen gas.
The involved chemical reaction is :
$2 K N O_{3} \to 2 K N O_{2} + O_{2}$

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nitrogen dioxide gas

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Nitric acid

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Aluminium nitrate

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Which gas is evolved when potassium nitrate is heated?

The correct option is C Oxygen When we heat potassium nitrate, it will decompose and form potassium nitrite and oxygen gas. The involved chemical reaction is : 2KNO3→2KNO2+O2

The correct option is C
Oxygen

When we heat potassium nitrate, it will decompose and form potassium nitrite and oxygen gas.
The involved chemical reaction is :
$2 K N O_{3} \to 2 K N O_{2} + O_{2}$