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Question
Differentiate between the following:
Thermal decomposition and thermal dissociation.
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Solution
Thermal decomposition and thermal dissociation.
Decomposition of a compound on heating into two elements or element and compound or into two new compounds. It is an irreversible reaction.
Thermal dissociation is the decomposition of a substance into two or more simpler substances on heating but the reaction is reversible.
\[\ce{NH4Cl⇌[Heat][Cool]NH3 + HCl}\]
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