A colourless lead salt, when heated, produces a yellow residue and brown fumes.

(a) Name the lead salt.


(b) Name the brown fumes.


(c) Write a chemical equation of the reaction involved.

(a) Name of the salt is Lead nitrate.

(b) Brown fumes is the compound Nitrogen dioxide.


(c) The chemical Equation of reaction.


2Pb(NO3)2(s) 2PbO (s) + 4NO2 (g) + O2 (g)


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