Ammonium Chloride is a colorless cubic crystal or white crystalline substance with a salted and light bitter taste. The specific gravity is 1.527.
It begins to vaporize without melting at 350°C and boil at 520°C .It is highly soluble in water, readily forming a slightly acidic solution whose acidity will be stronger.
It begins to vaporize without melting at 350°C and boil at 520°C .It is highly soluble in water, readily forming a slightly acidic solution whose acidity will be stronger.
Main Application:
Ammonium Chloride is used in textile printing, in plywood glue, in solder as flux or in cleaning the tip of a soldering iron and in cleaning products. In foods it is used as a feed supplement for cattle and as a nutritive media for yeast. In certain countries sal ammoniac is used to flavor vodka and to spice up liquorice type of dark candies. Ammonium chloride may cause vomiting and nausea as it is irritating to the gastric mucosa. In cosmetics it is used in hair shampoo and in medications it is used in cough medication due to its expectorant action. This is the result of its irritating action on the bronchial mucosa. As excess respiratory tract fluid is produced the mucous is easier to cough up. Ammonium Chloride is also used to diagnose distal renal tubular acidosis through an oral acid loading test. Ammonium chloride has also been used as a flux in tin coating and galvanizing, in fertilizers, in dying and tanning and in safety