Question

What is the action of chlorine on excess ammonia?

Options

• Formation of ammonium chloride and dinitrogen 

• Formation of nitric oxide and hydrochioric acid 

• Formation of nitrogen trichloride 

• Formation of dinitrogen and hydrochloric acid

Answer 1

Formation of ammonium chloride and dinitrogen

Explanation:

Chlorine reacts with excess ammonia to form ammonia chloride and dinitrogen.

\[\ce{\underset{Chlorin}{Cl2} + \underset{Ammonia}{\underset{(excess)}{NH3}} -> \underset{chloride}{\underset{Ammonium}{NH4Cl}} + \underset{gas}{\underset{Nitrogen}{N2}}}\]