Answer to Question #93003 in Organic Chemistry for Ataniya

Question

Briefly describe the following chemical reaction (use examples with balanced
equations):
Thermal decomposition

Answer 1

A decomposition reaction is a type of reaction in which one reactant is decomposed into two or more products. The general Equation can be described as follows:

$A \to B+C$

where A is reactant and B,C are products.

eg. includes

Calcium carbonate decomposes to Calcium oxide and CO₂

CaCO₃ $\mapsto$ CaO + CO₂