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Potassium chlorate decomposes, on heating, to form potassium chloride and oxygen. When 24.5 g of potassium chlorate is decomposed completely, then `14.9g` of potassium chloride is formed. Calculate the mass of hydrogen formed. Which law of chemical combination have you used in solving this problem ?

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`9.6 g` ; Law of conservation of mass
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