AP EAMCET202422 May 2024Evening ShiftChemistryp Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)Actual
The shape of colourless neutral gas formed on thermal decomposition of ammonium nitrate is
Options
- AAngular
- BLinear
- CTrigonal planar
- DTrigonal pyramidal
Correct answer
B. Linear
Step-by-step solution
Ammonium nitrate ( NH ₄ NO ₃ ) on thermal decomposition produces N ₂ O and H ₂ O NH ₄ NO ₃ ~N ₂ O (colourless gas) + H ₂ O N ₂ O : N ~N - O : Linear N ₂ O is also known as laughing gas.