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Lithium nitrate and sodium nitrate, when heated separately, respectively, give :
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Li 2 O, NaNO 2
As per NCERT Lithium nitrate when heated gives lithium oxide, Li 2 O, whereas other alkali metal nitrates decompose to give the corresponding nitrite.
4LiNO 3 
2Li 2 O + 4NO 2 + O 2
2NaNO 3 
2NaNO 2+ O 2
However, the decomposition product of NaNO 3 are temperature dependent process as shown in the below reaction.
As temperature is not mentioned, we can go by
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