Chemistry, asked by isube3968, 1 year ago

When ammonia gas is dissolved in water, is the water behaving as an acid, as a base, or neither? explain?

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Answered by KunalVerma911

Ammonia behaves as base in water because it has tendency to accept protons (H+ ions).After dissolution in water NH4+ ion is formed which is highly stable due to hydrogen bonding.
Therefore water reacts as acid.

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