Q.
On heating, lead(II) nitrate gives a brown gas (A). The gas (A) on cooling changes to a colourless solid/liquid (B). (B) on heating with NO changes to a blue solid (C). The oxidation number of nitrogen in solid (C) is :
Pb(NO3)2ΔPbO+(A)Brown gas2NO2+21O2(g) NO2(g)Cooling(B)N2O4 N2O4+NOΔ(C)Blue SolidN2O3
O.S. of nitrogen in N2O3 is +3 N2O32x+3(−2)=0 x=+3