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Question
What is meant by the following term ?
Decrepitation
Solution
Decrepitation:
It is the breaking of a substance usualIy accompanied by the emission of a crackling sound. An example for a substance which decrepitates on heating is Iead nitrate Pb(NO3)2.
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