When ammonium chloride is added to ammonia solution, the pH of the resulting solution will be:

increased

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decreased

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unchanged

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Solution

The correct option is C decreased
Due to common ion effect, rate of ionization of ${N H}_{4} O H$ decreases, so lower $[{O H}^{-}]$ is obtained. Hence, $p H$ value decreases

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