why concentrated sulphuric acid is not used for drying ammonia?

Ammonia is basic, so it reacts with sulphuric acid to form ammonium sulpahte and thus it cannot be dries by using sulphuric acid.The reaction is as follows:

  • 14

This is because ammonia reacts with sulphuric acid to form ammonium sulphate

  • 4
What are you looking for?