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Chapter 8.2, Problem 15PP
Dinitrogen oxide, also known as laughing gas, is a sweet-tasting gas used in dentistry. When solid ammonium nitrate is heated, the products are gaseous water and gaseous dinitrogen oxide. Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction.
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