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Question
Account for the following:
Lead (II) nitrate on heating releases brown fumes.
Very Short Answer
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Solution
Heating lead nitrate causes thermal decomposition, releasing nitrogen dioxide gas observed as brown fumes.
\[\ce{2Pb(NO3)2_{(s)} ->[Heat] 2PbO_{(s)} + 4NO2_{(g)} + O2_{(g)}}\]
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