Question

What is the action of chlorine on excess NH₃?

Answer 1

The reaction of Chlorine (Cl) with an excess of ammonia (NH₃) gives ammonium chloride (NH₄Cl) and nitrogen gas (N₂).

The reaction involving the above process is shown below:

$\underset{\mathrm{Chlorine}}{3{\mathrm{Cl}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Ammonia}}{8{\mathrm{NH}}_3}\left(\mathrm{excess}\right)\to \underset{\mathrm{Ammonium}\mathrm{Chloride}}{6{\mathrm{NH}}_4\mathrm{Cl}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Nitrogen}}{{\mathrm{N}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}$