Ammonium bicarbonate

 

Ammonium bicarbonate

Chemical formula	unspecified
OTP appearance	white powder
Molar Mass(g/mol)	79.056
Density(g/cc)	1.586
Melting Point(°C)	41/9
Solubility in water(g/L)	21.6
NFPA 704	0 0 0

Uses

Justification Questioned

Other

• Pharm: Smelling salts

Production

Extraction

• Extracted from Spirit of hartshorn, which also contains ammonium carbonate and ammonium carbamate

Synthesis

• Normal decomposition of ammonium carbonate

  (NH₄)₂CO₃ → NH₄HCO₃ + NH₃

Storage

• Decomposes at OTP

  NH₄HCO₃ → NH₃ + CO₂ + H₂O