Chemistry: The Central Science (14th Edition)

14th Edition

ISBN: 9780134414232

Author: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 3.2, Problem 3.3.1PE

Which of the following reactions is the balanced equation that represents the decomposition reaction that occurs when silver(l) oxide is heated?

a. AgO(s) -> Ag(s) + O(g)

b. 2 AgO(s) -> 2 Ag(s) + O₂ (g)

c. Ag₂O(s) -> 2 Ag (5) + O(g)

d. 2 Ag₂O(s) -> 4 Ag(s) + O₂(g)

e- Ag₂O(s) -> 2 Ag(8) + O₂(g)

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Chemistry: The Central Science (14th Edition)

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