white crystalline compound on heating undergoes decomposition forming

1.	white crystalline compound on heating undergoes decomposition forming a brown coloured gas. The gas observed is acidic in nature which turns moist blue litmus paper to red. Identify the crystallin compound and the gas obtained. Also write a chemical equation and balance it.
Answer» The CRYSTALLINE compound is lead NITRATE and the GAS released in nitrogen dioxide. Reaction: 2Pb(NO3)2---------> 2PbO+O2+4NO2

white crystalline compound on heating undergoes decomposition forming a brown coloured gas. The gas observed is acidic in nature which turns moist blue litmus paper to red. Identify the crystallin compound and the gas obtained. Also write a chemical equation and balance it.

Answer»

The CRYSTALLINE compound is lead NITRATE and the GAS released in nitrogen dioxide.

Reaction:

2Pb(NO3)2---------> 2PbO+O2+4NO2