State your observations when following salts are heated strongly in dry state. Write chemical equations in support of your answer.
Ammonium chloride
Dry heat test: A sample of the substance is taken in a test -tube and heated first gently, then strongly in a flame and observations are recorded. It is a method of qualitative analysis.
Observations:
On heating white crystalline Ammonium chloride , following observations are recorded:
Chemical equation:
Ammonium chloride decomposes according to the chemical equation as shown below.