Solid potassium chlorate breaks into potassium chloride and oxygen gas when heated up to high temperature. This is an example of a/an reaction.

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Decomposition Reaction

Explanation:

You can determine the type of reaction by writing out a balanced equation.

Solid Potassium Chlorate: KClO3

Potassium Chloride: KCl

Oxygen Gas: O2

Balanced Equation: 2KClO3 -> 2KCl + 3O2

By definition, a decomposition reaction is when a single substance decomposes into two more simpler substances. AB -> A + B

Because the solid potassium chlorate is breaking into two substances, potassium chloride and oxygen gas, it is a decomposition reaction.

answer:

the answer is 6 valence electrons.

explanation:

valence is the # of electrons on the outer most shell of an atom.

oxygen has 6.

although, the valency of oxygen is 2, because it only needs to make 2 covalent bonds, or gain 2 electrons, to achieve the stable octet configuration of a noble gas.

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