Question

Can ammonia gas dissolve in water? Does diffusion of ammonia gas happen in water?

Answer 1

Yes, at certain temperatures and up until a certain concentration, Ammonia gas can dissolve in water.. And yes, as far as I know it does diffuse, though I can't be sure of that because we've only looked at this when the ammonia gas is added to the water inside a scrubber...

Answer 2

ammonia gas is very very reactive with water, believe me! when its near water it reacts with it to form NH4OH very quickly, i especially know cause in my high school a friend left ammonia reactor open and i lost my smell due to NH3 reaction with my mucosal in nose but i didnt die cause i took a part of my lab coat and put water on it and kept breathnig trough that...

Answer 3

actually it reacts to NH4+ and OH-... but you have a point... under most circumstances it does react... I dont know how that could have happened in your nose or how breating trough a lab coat would help if its reacting inside your nose but still... you have a point on the reaction part :p

Answer 4

it helped in the way that i didnt breath in more NH3 cause it reacted with water in lab coat...

Answer 5

ooh of course.. should have thought of that... luckily you did when it mattered, I would probably have freaked out on the idea of a reaction lile that in my body alone and died the most freaky death ever...

Answer 6

all i can tell you is that it is painful as hell

Answer 7

Ammonia is very soluble in water. Think of all the nice H bonds it can form with water! Kryten, what a story!