Experiment description
This experiment demonstrates thermal decomposition by heating lead nitrate. On heating, lead nitrate breaks down into yellow lead oxide, brown nitrogen dioxide gas, and oxygen. The change shows how a single compound decomposes into simpler substances when heat is applied.
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