chemical properties of ammonia

Reducing Action - Ammonia acts as a reducing agen..

Combustibility - Ammonia is neither combustible in air nor does it support combustion. However it burns in oxygen with a greenish-yellowish flame producing water and nitroge..

In the ammonia molecule, there are three hydrogen atoms and one nitrogen atom. A nitrogen atom has five valence electrons, it needs three more electrons to complete its octet. It forms three single bonds with three hydrogen atoms. Nitrogen completes its octet while hydrogen completes i..

Differences in chemical properties Metals have 1, 2 or 3 electrons in the outermost shell Non-metals have 4 to 8 electrons in the outermost shell Loses valence electrons and forms cations Gain or share valence electrons and form anions Electropositive ..

Ammonia was known to mankind since a long period, as it was produced in nature by putrefying and ammonifying bacteria. Chemical compound, NH 3 colorless gas that is about one half as dense as air at ordinary temperatures and pressures. It has a characteristic..

* Colourless * Strong pungent smell * Slight alkaline taste * Non-poisonous Fatal in large dos..

Chemical Properties of Metals - Metals are Electropositive Elements Metals are very reactive. Metals tend to loose electrons easily and form positively charged ions; therefore metals are called electropositive elements. Sodium metal forms sodium ions Na + , Mg forms positively c..

Thermal stability - On heating, HNO 3 decomposes to give NO 2..