ALL chemists admit that when sal-ammoniac is volatilised the vapour consists, if not wholly, at least in great part, of hydrochloric acid and ammonia gases in the free state. But this fact, so far as ...
Method: Dip a glass rod in concentrated hydrochloric acid and put this in a sample of the gas. Result: If ammonia is present, a white ‘smoke’ of ammonium chloride is observed.