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Chapter 12, Problem 20E
When potassium chlorate, KClO3, is heated, it decomposes into potassium chloride and oxygen in the reaction 2KClO3 → 2KCl + 3O2. How much oxygen is liberated when 50 g of potassium chlorate is heated?
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