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The action of heat on the blue crystalline solid X gives a reddish brown gas Y, a gas which re-lights a glowing splint and leaves a black residue. When gas Z, which has a rotten egg smell, is passed - Chemistry

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The action of heat on the blue crystalline solid X gives a reddish brown gas Y, a gas which re-lights a glowing splint and leaves a black residue. When gas Z, which has a rotten egg smell, is passed through a solution of X, a black ppt. is formed.

  1. Identify X, Y and Z.
  2. Write the equation for the action of heat on X.
  3. Write the equation between solution X and gas Z.
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a. X is copper nitrate [Cu(NO3)2]. 

Y is nitrogen dioxide [NO2].

Z is hydrogen sulphide [H2S].

b. \[\ce{\underset{Blue crystalline}{2Cu(NO3)2} ->[heat] \underset{Black}{2CuO} + 4NO2 + O2}\]

c. When a H2S gas, which has a rotten egg smell, is passed through a solution of Cu(NO3)2, a black ppt. of CuS is formed.

\[\ce{Cu(NO3)2 + H2S ->CuS + 2HNO3}\]

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