Ammonium nitrite can be defined as a compound containing nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen atoms, or as ammonium nitrite. For this reason, ammonium nitrite is highly unstable in the pure state. They are never used in the pure state and are always used as conjugates. This paper mainly introduces the chemical formula of ammonium nitrite, the molecular formula of ammonium nitrite, the uses and properties of ammonium nitrite.

Formula of ammonium nitrite

The chemical formula of ammonium nitrite compound can be expressed as NHNO

The molecular formula of ammonium nitrite indicates that the compound is composed of nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The name of IUPAC is nitrite nitrogen. Another way to express ammonium nitrite is HNO

The common expression of ammonium nitrite structure formula

In its pure form, the compound decomposes very quickly to produce nitrogen and water, which occurs at room temperature.

Preparation of ammonium nitrite

The preparation methods of ammonium salt are various, including natural preparation methods and chemical preparation methods. Several preparation methods of ammonium nitrite are introduced below.

They are naturally prepared in the air through the absorption process. Nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide are absorbed in equal amounts in the presence of liquid ammonia to produce ammonium nitrite compounds.

The second method is to form compounds by precipitation. In this process, nitrite or barium precipitates with the following compounds: ammonium sulfate, potassium nitrite and ammonium perchlorate or ammonium chloride. The sediment was filtered out. The sediment is crystalline, colorless and soluble in water. The crystal is ammonium nitrite, and the molecular formula of ammonium nitrite is NHNO

The third method is the most widely used industrial method for preparing the compound. This method involves oxidation. Ammonia is oxidized in the presence of ozone to produce colorless ammonium nitrite crystals. Hydrogen peroxide can also be used as a substitute for ozone.

Another method is the reaction of silver nitrate and ammonium chloride, which also generates ammonium nitrite. The chemical formula of ammonium nitrite is NHNO

The chemical reaction can be expressed as 2AgNO+NHCl → NHNO+2AgCl