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ammonium acetate synthesis.

copperastic - 19-4-2014 at 07:37

Hi would reacting some store bought ammonia and acetic acid make ammonium acetate? Theres nothing on this forum or on the internet.
Thanks

WGTR - 19-4-2014 at 08:15

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=12853&...

The answer is probably no, unless you evaporate the solution in a current of dry NH3.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=12853&...

In the future, don't bother with the forum search engine, it doesn't work well. Use Google. With these search terms:

site:www.sciencemadness.org "ammonium Acetate"

a whole list of results comes up for the SM site.

[Edited on 4-19-2014 by WGTR]

S.C. Wack - 19-4-2014 at 10:57

Quote: Originally posted by copperastic  
Theres nothing on this forum


Maybe there's a good reason why you can't find preparations from boiling away mixtures of vinegar and household ammonia?

It's well known here that vinegar and acetic acid aren't the same thing, the proper way to make the salt is ammonium (bi)carbonate and GAA, and reading chemistry books is not necessarily a waste of time. This was known nearly 200 years ago, but the thing is, this isn't rehashed every year for each new class of those who want to learn the hard way.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=2992

We all learned something the hard way, some with vinegar and ammonia,
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=30166
others with H2S, NO2, HCN...

blogfast25 - 19-4-2014 at 12:00

Not to mention that duplicate threads are being started by the same OP:

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=30166