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

(i) Magnesium nitrate

(ii) Calcium nitrate

(iii) Barium nitrate

(iv) Strontium nitrate

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Payal Gupta | Contributor-Level 10

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This is a multiple choice type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar

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Alkali and alkaline metals impart characteristic color. Calcium gives brick red color, Strontium gives crimson red color, Barium gives apple green color, and radium gives crimson color. So, the compound is calc

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A substance which gives brick red flame and breaks down on heating to give oxygen and a brown gas is (i) Magnesium nitrate (ii) Calcium nitrate (iii) Barium nitrate (iv) Strontium nitrate

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