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A substance which gives a brick red flame and breaks down on heating to give both oxygen and a brown gas is

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a

Calcium carbonate

b

Magnesium nitrate

c

Sodium nitrate

d

Calcium nitrate

answer is D.

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CaCO3,CaNO32  } Both gives brick red colour on exposer to bunsen flame 

large 2Ca{left[ {N{O_3}} right]_2};xrightarrow{{;;Delta ;;}};2CaO; + ;4mathop {N{O_2}}limits_{Brown;gas} uparrow ; + ;mathop {{O_2}}limits_{Oxygen} uparrow


IIA group nitrates undergoes decomposition similar to that of LiNO3
Where as CaCO3 on decomposition gives CaO & CO2
 

CaCO3,900ocCao+CO2


Therefore option 4 is correct
 

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