Ammonia Is Highly Soluble In Water Fountain Experiment

study of compounds ammonia
ammonia preparation
laboratory preparation of ammonia gas

[@Harsh-ey8hp]

Sir I have studied that dry HCL gas is not acidic but when we look at fountain experiment we found that the blue litmus solution turns red due to the acidic nature of HCL gas. Then Hcl gas is acidic or not?

[@SilentSpongeBob]

It didn't turn red due to the acidic nature of HCl gas but he poured water and since HCl is highly soluble in water it became its aqueous solution which created vacuum. Thus, water came up to fill the vacuum but since the hcl solution (or hydrochloric acid) is acidic so it turned red.
And yes, HCl gas is neutral because it doesn't have any ions.

[@Harsh-ey8hp]

@@SilentSpongeBob thanks a lot sir for clearing my doubt 👍

[@Stra638]

Actually dry HCl doesn't produce H+ ions(which gives acidic nature to the gas), due to which blue litmus paper doesn't turn red but as soon as HCl gas is dissolved in water it produces H+ ions and thus blue litmus paper or solution turns red

[@SilentSpongeBob]

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[@Harsh-ey8hp]

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[@LunaBlair-le7dx]

Is it phenolphthalein solution??

[@avani_9130]

Yes,
It is phenolphthalein solution but we usually use red litmus solution.

[@wait1866]

No you r both wrong

[@wait1866]

O sorry you are right

[@upholdjustice372]

Sir can u explain the mechanism of this experiment, I'm little confused on the working of the apparatus. Thx

[@pokharel_sugam]

1. At first I filled the RB flask with ammonia gas prepared from the lab in an inverted position.
2. Then fitted a flask with a glass tube with rubber cork.
3. The glass tube is dipped inside the beaker containing water (phenolphthalein as an indicator).
4. When I pull out certain gas from RB flask with a syringe 💉 the water from beaker rise to meet ammonia gas in RB flask.
5. The ammonia gas present in RB flask reacts (soluble) with water so vacuum is created in the flask.
6. To fulfill the vacuum water move as fountain to the flask and colour of phenolphthalein is changed to pink due to formation of ammonium hydroxide alkali.

[@upholdjustice372]

​@@pokharel_sugamThank U Sir 🙏 But sir I'm getting confused from Pt 4, like y will water go up and the creation of vacuum (Like creation of vacuum concept and its effects make the remaining pts unclear to me)
So sir if u could explain from pt 4 about what i said, it would be really helpful.
🙏

[@pokharel_sugam]

@@upholdjustice372 First of all you need to know RB Flask contain only NH3 (little air). So if it react with water to form NH4OH , NH3 gas is absorbed then vacuum creates due to absence of air .

[@upholdjustice372]

@@pokharel_sugam OK Thank U Sir 🙏

[@sagarpandey5862]

Wow

[@lizamallik3309]

Why it is not turning red litmus blue ?

[@pokharel_sugam]

It turns red litmus to blue but you must dip litmus paper in water to make it wet because ammonia is not alkali it makes alkali while dissolving in water.

[@pokharel_sugam]

You should use wet red litmus paper

[@lizamallik3309]

@@pokharel_sugam oh

[@dustytakitoes9538]

He showed phenolphthalein so it turns pink

[@2ballz543]

It is probably phenolpthalein not litmus

[@sankalpPandey-zi5kk]

It's of HCL

[@avani_9130]

No,
The solution used here is phenolphthalein solution which turns pink as soon as NH3 dissolves with it,
HCL on the other hand when mixing with phenolphthalein remains colourless.

[@sanjana6052]

thats not ammonia right?

[@pokharel_sugam]

Ammonia gas inside the RB Flasks