Consider the unbalanced equation for the decomposition of silver nitrate: agno3(s) > ag(s)+no2(g)+o2(g)

1. write the balanced equation for the reaction.
2. when 54.0g of agno3 is heated, 4.60g of o2 is formed. how many grams of ag is also formed?

answer is: c. the experiment shows that the red substance experienced a chemical change.

this is chemical change (chemical reaction), because two new substances are formed (metalig liquid and gas), the atoms are rearranged and the reaction is followed by an energy change.

this is example of chemical decomposition.

chemical decomposition (analysis) is the separation of a single chemical compound into its two or more elemental parts or to simpler compounds.  

chemical decomposition is opposite of chemical synthesis.

it is the most commonly accepted one