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Cooling an NO2 and N2O4 mixture in a freezing mixture makes its brown colour
Astay unchanged
Bgrow much darker
Cfade noticeably
Dturn deep violet
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. fade noticeably
N2O4 formation is exothermic, so cooling favours colourless N2O4 and the brown NO2 decreases.
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