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Diagram showing how to perform the test for ammonia gas using damp red litmus paper. Another test for ammonia is to react the gas with HCl; A white smoke of ammonium chloride is formed if ammonia gas is present: NH 3 + HCl → NH 4 Cl
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Learn how to identify ammonia gas from other gases by using pH, colour, precipitate and smell tests. See examples, experiments and safety precautions for working with ammonia and toxic gases.
Testing for Gases. What are the General Tests for Ammonia Gas? 1) Ammonia gas, NH 3 (g) has no colour. 2) Ammonia gas has a characteristic pungent smell. 3) Ammonia gas will turn moist litmus paper from red to blue, and moist universal indicator paper to blue. It is alkaline in water, pH = 11·5. 4) Ammonia gas will put out a lit splint.
Learn how to test for ammonia using damp red litmus paper. The paper turns blue when it reacts with ammonia, forming an alkaline solution. See the method, results, and video demonstration.
Learn how to collect and test ammonia gas in the lab using different methods. See how ammonia turns damp red litmus paper blue and forms white fumes of ammonium chloride with hydrogen chloride gas.
In this experiment, students make ammonia, investigate its solubility in water and test its alkaline nature. Review some of the key properties of ammonia and give students the opportunity to produce ammonia themselves in this class practical. The experiment provides a useful precursor to the ammonia fountain experiment.
Test for ammonia Method: Dip a glass rod in concentrated hydrochloric acid and put this in a sample of the gas. Result: If ammonia is present, a white ‘smoke’ of ammonium chloride is...