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A White salt upon heating decomposes to give brown fumes and a residue is left behind.
(i) Name the salt.
(ii) Write the equation for the decomposition reaction.

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(i) The salt is lead nitrate with formula `Pb(NO_(3))_(2)`
(ii) `2Pb(NO_(3))_(2)(s) overset("heat")to 2PbO(s) + underset("(Brown fumes)")(4NO_(2)(g)) + O_(2) (g)`
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