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Two volumes of nitric oxide react with one volume of oxygen gas to form two volumes of a reddish-brown gas. Deduce the formula of this gas and sketch particle representations of its molecules.

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Explanation:

Nitric oxide is the gas NO, it reacts with oxygen as shown below;

2NO(g) + O2(g) -----> 2NO2(g)

Now the gas formed is the gas NO2 which is known to be reddish brown in colour.

A diagrammatic representation of this reaction is shown in the image attached to this answer.

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