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Explain the following:
Ammonium nitrate is not used in the laboratory preparation of NH3.
The following question is based on the preparation of ammonia gas in the laboratory:
Explain why ammonium nitrate is not used in the preparation of ammonia.
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Solution
Ammonium nitrate is explosive in nature, and it decomposes to give nitrous oxide N2O and water H2O. Therefore, the laboratory does not use it for ammonia preparation.
\[\ce{NH4NO3 -> N2O + 2H2O}\]
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