Question

What happens when you add hydrochloric acid to ammonium chloride?

Answer 1

Hydrochloric acid and ammonium chloride do not react. Hydrochloric acid is an acid, and produces hydrogen ions in solution (or more accurately, hydronium ions). The ammonium ion is also acidic, and produces hydrogen ions in solution. The chloride ion does not react. Thus, no reaction occurs when these substances are mixed.

Answer 2

, NH4Cl is formed from thereaction of NH3, a weak base, and HCl, a strong acid. The chloride ion will not hydrolyze. However, the ammonium ion is the conjugate acid of NH3 and willreact with water, producing hydronium ions.

NH4OH+HCl→NH4Cl+H2O.