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On heating blue coloured powder of copper (II) nitrate in a boiling tube, black copper oxide, O2 and a brown gas X is formed.

(a) Identify the type of reaction and the gas X.

(b) Write balanced chemical equation of the reaction.

(c) Write the pH range of aqueous solution of the gas X. 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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(a) Decompositon Reaction, X= NO_{2} (Nitrogen dioxide)

(b) 2Cu (NO_{3})_{2}(s)\overset{heat}{\rightarrow} 2CuO(s)+4NO_{2}(g)+O_{2}(g)

(c) pH range aqueous solution of the gas X= NO_{2} is between 0 to 7 i.e., acidic pH range.

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