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Question
How will you obtain Nitrogen dioxide from lead nitrate.
Also give balanced equations for the reactions
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Solution
Lead nitrate when heated nitrogen oxide is obtained
\[\ce{2Pb(NO3)2 ->[heat] 2PbO(s) + 4NO2 + O2 (g)}\]
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