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How do you write an equation to represent "Ammonia reacts with hydrochloric acid to form ammonium chloride"?

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Dec 31, 2015

$"NH"_3" + HCl"$ $rarr$ $"NH"_4"Cl"$

Explanation:

In order to write the chemical equation, you need to know the correct chemical formulas for each compound.

$"Ammonia":$ $"NH"_3"$
$"Hydrochloric acid":$ $"HCl"$
$"Ammonium chloride":$ $"NH"_4"Cl"$

Now write the formulas in the order stated in the word equation.

$"NH"_3" + HCl"$ $rarr$ $"NH"_4"Cl"$

The equation is already balanced as written.

$phi$

Dec 31, 2015

$NH_3$ + $HCl$ = $NH_4Cl$

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