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Ammonia is a reducing agent. Give an example to prove this statement.

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It reduces metal oxides to metals when passed over heated metallic oxide.
`3PbO + 2NH_3 to 3Pb + N_2 + 3H_2O`
In this reaction, ammonia is oxidised to nitrogen.
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  1. Give equations for the Excess of ammonia is treated with chlorine.

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  2. Give an example for a reducing property of ammonia.

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  3. Ammonia is a reducing agent. Give an example to prove this statement.

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  4. What are amides ? Give an example . How are they formed?

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  5. What are nitrides ? Give an example . How are they formed?

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  6. What happens when an aqueous solution of ammonia is treated with aqueo...

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  7. What happens when an aqueous solution of ammonia is treated with an aq...

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  8. What happens when an aqueous solution of ammonia is treated with an a...

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  9. Explain with examples, that ammonia acts as a Lewis base.

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  10. Explain why (i) insoluble silver chloride dissolves in aqueous ammonia...

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  11. When aqueous ammonia is treated with a copper sulphate solution, a blu...

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  12. Explain the structure of ammonia.

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  13. How is nitric acid prepared?

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  14. Give reason for the following: The nitric acid prepared by heating p...

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  15. Explain the manufacture of Oswalld's process of nitric acid.

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  16. Explain with examples to show that nitric acid acts as an acid

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  17. Explain with examples to show that nitric acid acts as an oxidising ag...

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  18. Explain with examples to show that nitric acid acts as an as nitratin...

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  19. Briefly explain the action of nitric acid on metals.

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  20. Give uses of nitric acid.

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