Question

Write the balanced chemical equation for the following reaction:

Reaction of Ammonia with Sulphuric acid.

Answer 1

Reaction between Ammonia and Sulphuric acid:

• Ammonia is a weak basic in nature and sulphuric acid is a strong acid.
• So, ammonia reacts with sulphuric acid leading to the formation of a salt of weak base and strong acid.
• Ammonia $\left({\mathrm{NH}}_3\right)$ reacts with Sulphuric acid $\left(H_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4\right)$ to give Ammonium sulphate$\left({\left({\mathrm{NH}}_4\right)}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4\right)$ as a product.

Balanced chemical equation:

$\underset{\mathrm{Ammonia}\mathrm{gas}}{\underbrace{2{\mathrm{NH}}_3\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}}+\underset{\mathrm{Sulphuric}\mathrm{acid}}{\underbrace{{\mathrm{H}}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}}\to \underset{\mathrm{Ammonium}\mathrm{sulphate}}{\underbrace{{\left({\mathrm{NH}}_4\right)}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}}$