Name: Ammonium Chloride

English name: ammonium chloride

Other names: electric salt, electric powder, salt essence, naosha

Chemical formula: NH4Cl

Molecular weight: 53.49

CAS Registry Number: 12125-02-9

EINECS accession number: 235-186-4

Melting point: 340 °C (subl.)(lit.)

Boiling point: 520℃

Water solubility: easily soluble

Closeness: 1.527g/cm3

External view: white

use

1. It can be used as raw material to manufacture dry batteries and accumulators, other ammonium salts, electroplating additives, metal welding fluxes;

2. Used as dyeing auxiliary, also used for tinning and galvanizing, leather tanning, medicine, candle making, adhesive, chromizing, precision casting;

3. Used in medicine, dry battery, textile printing and dyeing, detergent;

4. Used as fertilizer for crops, suitable for rice, wheat, cotton, hemp, vegetables and other crops;

5. Used as analytical reagent, such as preparing ammonia-ammonium chloride buffer solution. Used as a supporting electrolyte in electrochemical analysis. Used as arc stabilizer for emission spectrum analysis, interference inhibitor for atomic absorption spectrum analysis, and inspection of synthetic fiber viscosity;

6. Medicinal ammonium chloride is used as an expectorant, a diuretic and an expectorant;

7. Yeast nutrient (mainly used for beer brewing); dough regulator.