Question

Ammonium nitrate decomposes on heating into.

• A. Ammonia and nitric acid
• B. Nitrous oxide and water
• C. Nitrogen, hydrogen and ozone
• D. Nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide and hydrogen

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Nitrous oxide and water

Answer 2

$\underset{(S)}{NH_{4}NO_{3}}\overset{\quad\Delta\quad}{\rightarrow}2H_{2}O \uparrow + \underset{\begin{aligned} & \text{Nitrous oxide} \\ & (\text{Laughinggas}) \end{aligned}}{N_{2}O \uparrow}$