Question

Write the balanced chemical equation, when excess of ammonia is treated with chlorine.

Hint:

Be careful with the limiting reactant. If chlorine were in excess, the product would be the explosive nitrogen trichloride (NCl\(_3\)).

Answer 1

When ammonia is in excess, it reacts with chlorine to produce nitrogen gas and ammonium chloride. The balanced overall equation is: \[ 8\text{NH}_3(\text{excess}) + 3\text{Cl}_2 \rightarrow \text{N}_2 + 6\text{NH}_4\text{Cl} \]