NH4OH, ammonium hydroxide?

Question

ammonium hydroxide, i know it is ammonia, wikipedia say other wise, but name reactions and name the ones that are explosive.

winner gets 10 points.

Answer 1

Ammonium hydroxide, although it doesn't exist as an isolatable chemical compound, is a name sometimes given to an aqueous solution of ammonia.
One of the most characteristic properties of ammonia is its power of combining directly with acids to form salts; thus with hydrochloric acid it forms ammonium chloride (sal-ammoniac); with nitric acid, ammonium nitrate, etc. However perfectly dry ammonia will not combine with perfectly dry hydrogen chloride, a gas, moisture being necessary to bring about the reaction..
NH3 + HCl → NH4Cl
The salts produced by the action of ammonia on acids are known as the ammonium salts and all contain the ammonium ion (NH4+).
Ammonia can act as a nucleophile in substitution reactions. Amines can be formed by the reaction of ammonia with alkyl halides, although the resulting –NH2 group is also nucleophilic and secondary and tertiary amines are often formed as by-products. Using an excess of ammonia helps minimise multiple substitution, and neutralises the hydrogen halide formed. Methylamine is prepared commercially by the reaction of ammonia with chloromethane, and the reaction of ammonia with 2-bromopropanoic acid has been used to prepare racemic alanine in 70% yield. Ethanolamine is prepared by a ring-opening reaction with ethylene oxide: the reaction is sometimes allowed to go further to produce diethanolamine and triethanolamine.

Amides can be prepared by the reaction of ammonia with a number of carboxylic acid derivatives. Acyl chlorides are the most reactive, but the ammonia must be present in at least a twofold excess to neutralise the hydrogen chloride formed. Esters and anhydrides also react with ammonia to form amides. Ammonium salts of carboxylic acids can be dehydrated to amides so long as there are no thermally sensitive groups present: temperatures of 150–200 °C are required.

The hydrogen in ammonia is capable of replacement by metals, thus magnesium burns in the gas with the formation of magnesium nitride Mg3N2, and when the gas is passed over heated sodium or potassium, sodamide, NaNH2, and potassamide, KNH2, are formed. Where necessary in substitutive nomenclature, IUPAC recommendations prefer the name azane to ammonia: hence chloramine would be named chloroazane in substitutive nomenclature, not chloroammonia.

Answer 2

Ammonia gas, NH3, dissolves in water to a maximum of some 800 odd parts.

The result is ammonia solution NH3(aq)

The reaction NH3(aq) + 3H20(l) ⇌ NH4+(aq) + OH-(aq)

has its equilibrium very much to the left; there is sufficient OH-(aq) to give a higher pH than water.

Ammonium hydroxide as a compound cannot be isolated; but the relevant spectroscopy shows the expected peaks for the two ions in solution.

ammonium tri-iodide is allegedly a touch powder
ammonium nitrate is a fertiliser that has been used in cars, with another substance, with catastrophic effect (small quantities used to be the "cocky's friend" for blowing up tree stumps, etc)

There may be other ammonium compounds that are explosive. Don't ask anyone any further

Answer 3

2NH3+2H2O=2NH4OH

Ammonia in water creates ammonium hydroxide. This is a alkaline chemical. Nothing about the explosives

Answer 4

Ammonium hydroxide is the accepted form when ammmonia dissolves in water.

Answer 5

NaOH + NH4OH -----> NaOH + H2O + NH3