CBSE Class 10 Science 2023 Outside Delhi Set 2

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Question : 7
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A metal nitrate 'A' on heating gives a metal oxide along with evolution of a brown coloured gas ' B ' and a colourless gas, which helps in burning. Aqueous solution of ' A ' when reacted with potassium iodide forms a yellow precipitate.
(a) Identify ' A ' and ' B '
(b) Name the types of the reactions involved in the above statement .
Solution:  
The metal in compound A is lead (Pb). Therefore, we can write
Reaction 1 as:
2Pb(NO3)2
2
PbO
+4NO2
+O2

Reaction 2:
Pb(NO3)2+2KIPbl2+2KNO3
Compound A-Lead nitrate: Pb(NO3)2
Compound B-Nitrogen dioxide- NO2
Reaction 1 is thermal decomposition, whereas, reaction 2 is double decomposition reaction.
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