Question

Chlorous acid and ammonia react to produce ammonium ions and chlorite ions. Why are ions produced rather than the salt? What would we need to do to get the salt to form? How many grams of the salt would be formed if we started with 50.0 g of each reactant?

Answer 1

the aforesid conditions about forming ions is precisely in aquous medium. hence the salt form by reaction of chlorous acid and ammonia will remain in ion-dissociated form. once the aqueous part is boiled off the ions will solidify according to its co-ordination number with counter-ions adjuscent to it.in salt there are ions in solid lattice form. in aqueous media it dissociates and becomes soluble by co-ordinating with water.

reaction with ammonia and chlorous acid: solution given in the image-

the aforesaid conditions about forming ions is precisely in aqueous medium. hence the salt form by reaction of chlorous acid and ammonia will remain in ion-dissociated form. once the aqueous part is boiled off the ions will solidify according to its co-ordination number with counter-ions adjacent to it.in salt there are ions in solid lattice form. in aqueous media it dissociates and becomes soluble by co-ordinating with water. NH_3 + Hclo_2 rightarrow NH_4^+ clo_2^-17 68.5 50g 50g = 50/17 mole 50 /68.5mole = 2.94 mole = 0.73 1 mole consists one ammonium and one chloride consists hence 73 mole NH_4^+ clo_2^-salt will be formed so, there will be a mixture of 62.415 salt and 37.685g NH_3