Ammonia_Production_Social_Relevance_Report

Ammonia Production Social Relevance Report Ammonia Production What is Ammonia' Ammonia is a colourless alkaline gas with the formula NH3 and is made up of one part nitrogen and three parts hydrogen. It is lighter than air and has a sharp, stinging odour. Ammonia can be inhaled safely if it is greatly diluted in air, but concentrated ammonia gas can cause suffocation and death. Ammonia does not burn is air, but it burns in oxygen with a weak yellow flame. Properties: - Ammonia gas is extremely soluble in water, as it is able to form hydrogen bonds with polar water molecules. It changes to a liquid at ¡V33.35 oC. Liquid ammonia boils at the same temperature. It freezes to a clear solid at 77.7 oC. In going from a liquid back to a gas, ammonia absorbs a large amount of heat from its surroundings. Upon evaporation, one gram of ammonia absorbs 327 calories of heat. For this reason, ammonia is widely used in refrigeration equipment. Liquid ammonia is used in the chemical laboratory as a solvent. It is a better solvent for ionic and polar compounds than ethanol, but not as good as water; it is ammonia, water, form, liquid, hydrogen, ammonium, temperature, reaction, nitrogen, gas, equilibrium, air, reactions, oc, metal, ions, high, catalyst, solvent, production, process, plastics, part, nitric, nitrate, mixture, manufacture, make, large, explosives, chemical, acid, about, yield, widely, takes, strong, solution, should, salts, reacts, raising, quickly, protons, principle, pressure, polar, oxygen, oxide, one