Chemistry
Give one significant observation when:
(a) Excess of chlorine gas reacts with ammonia.
(b) Zinc nitrate is strongly heated in a test tube.
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(a) Colourless ammonia gas reacts with greenish yellow excess chlorine giving a yellow explosive liquid (Nitrogen trichloride).
NH3 + 3Cl2 [excess] ⟶ 3HCl + NCl3
(b) Reddish brown nitrogen dioxide gas is evolved on heating zinc nitrate crystals.
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