Originally posted by Organikum
Anyways, ammonia will be liberated and if the reaction flask is connected by an plastictube to a second flask containing water and both flasks are
rather airtight the ammonia will be sucked up by the water rapidly and almost no smell will evolve.
The extreme affinity of ammonia to water is wellknown, so this seems to me a favorable and easy way to get aqueous ammonia solution without too much
hassle and - more important here - by keeping the obnoxious smell down as far as any possible. |