Which of the following gas is released when ammonium nitrite is heated?

N₂O

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N₂

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NO₂

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Solution

The correct option is B
N₂

Ammonia is used in the manufacture of other ammonium salts such as ammonium carbonate (used as smelling salt for reviving a fainted person), ammonium chloride- used in dry cells and in the precipitation of nitrogen gas.

Ammonium nitrite is heated to give nitrogen gas.

$N H_{4} N O_{2} Δ - \to N_{2} (g) + 2 H_{2} O (g)$

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N H_{4}^{+} (a q) + N O_{2}^{-} (a q) \to N_{2} (g) + 2 H_{2} O (l)

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