Nitrous oxide is most commonly prepared by careful heating of ammonium nitrate, which decomposes into nitrous oxide and water vapor.The addition of various phosphates favors formation of a purer gas at slightly lower temperatures.
NH4NO3 (s) → 2 H2O (g) + N2O (g)
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Sagar Singh
B.Tech, IIT Delhi
alaa aziz
15 Years ago
thank you sir for your replay
but, you just show how N2O is formed and didn`t show how is it first order!!
so if you have complete answer for these ,please explain more ,