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Question
On heating which of the following substances i.e. copper carbonate, zinc carbonate, washing soda, copper sulphate, zinc nitrate, copper nitrate, lead nitrate, ammonium chloride and ammonium dichromate – relate to the reaction given below.
A coloured substance which decomposes violently leaving a coloured residue and evolving two neutral gases one of which is unreactive or inert in nature.
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Solution
Ammonium dichromate [orange] [NH] Cr2Or
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