Question

The pungent smell, when ammonium chloride is heated with sodium hydroxide solution, is due to the evolution of ___.

Answer 1

The pungent smell, when ammonium chloride is heated with sodium hydroxide solution, is due to the evolution of ammonia.

$\underset{\left(solid\right)}{Ammoniumchloride}+\underset{\left(solution\right)}{Sodiumhydroxide}\stackrel{heat}{\to }\underset{\left(solution\right)}{Sodiumchloride}+Water+\underset{\left(gas\right)\left(pungentsmell\right)}{Ammonia}$