AMMONIA

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• Low boiling point
• Low freezing point
• Vaporization
• Trigonal pyramidal shape
• Colourless
• Self-ionizes

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

• Not flammable
• Reacts with bleach to form a toxic gas
• Toxic when swallowed or mixed with bleach
• Doesn't explode
• Doesn't tarnish
• Doesn't decompose

TYPE OF BONDING PRESENT

• Hydrogen atoms can each form one covalent bond, and nitrogen atoms can each form three covalent bonds. Three pairs of electrons are shared in an ammonia molecule (NH3).

USES

• Ammonia solutions are used to clean, bleach, and deodorize. The ammonia sold for household use is a dilute water solution of ammonia in which ammonium hydroxide is the active cleansing agent.
• Ammonia solutions are used to etch aluminum.
• Ammonia solutions also are used to saponify (hydolyze) oils and fats

ENERGY ASSOCIATED

• Energy is released showing the molecule of hydrogen is more stable than ammonia

FUN FACTS

• Ammonia is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the United States.
• Ammonia is produced in the human body and is commonly found in nature.
• When ammonia enters the body it reacts with water to produce ammonium hydroxide.
• produced when plants, animals and animal wastes decay.
• https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/ammoni...