Ammonia, window cleaners

Liquid household bleach is generally a 5% solution of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). Ammonia cleansers—including general household cleansers, wax removers, glass and window cleaners, and oven cleaners — are aqueous solutions of 5-10% ammonia, NH3. Mixing bleach with cleansers containing ammonia leads to the formation of a family of potentially toxic compounds known as chloramines. These toxic gases have acrid fumes that can bum mucous membranes. Scented bleaches can mask one s natural ability to detect these harmful fumes. 

A 10.231-g sample of window cleaner containing ammonia was diluted with 39.466 g of water. Then 4.373 g of solution was titrated with 14.22 mL of 0.106 3 M HCI to reach a bromocresol green end point. Find the weight percent of NH3 (FM 17.031) in the cleaner. 

Household ammonia, liquid window cleaners, liquid all-purpose cleaners and various other household cleaning products constitute this small market for ammonia. Ammonia is also used in the manufacture of ammonium salts of alcohol, ether and sulfates. These compounds are widely used as surfactants in detergents that are in liquid dishwashing formulations57. 

In window cleaners traditionally based on dilute ammonia, removing the ammonia sting does not necessarily lead to improved consumer acceptance. Consumers in some markets have come to expect the sting and regard it as a signal of product performance. On the other hand, cases have also occurred where off-odors that appeared insignificant to the experts caused a considerable drop in consumer acceptance. 

Many cleaning products contain an acid or a base. For example, some window cleaners contain vinegar (acetic acid). Other window cleaners contain ammonia (a base). Oven cleaners, however, contain only bases. This activity will help you infer why. 

Solutions of ammonia in water are sold as window cleaner. Why do these solutions have a long "shelf life" ... 

Glass window cleaners Ammonia Fatal when swallowed. Also found in floor cleaners, furniture, and metal polishes, disinfectants. 

Ammonia Cleaner Write the chemical equation and fC), expression for the ionization of ammonia in water. How is it safe for a window cleaner to use a solution of ammonia, which is basic ... 

Ammonia is a common floor and window cleaner. Sodium hydroxide or lye is the active ingredient in drain-opening products like Drano. 

Weak bases are weak electrolytes that are poor acceptors of hydrogen ions and produce very few ions in solution. A typical weak base, ammonia, NH3, is found in window cleaners. In an aqneons solution, only a few ammonia molecules accept hydrogen ions to form NH4+ and OH. ... 

A famiUar example of a weak base is aqueous ammonia (NH ), the main component of some window cleaners, which reacts with water as shown in the following equation ... 

Other household cleaners are water based and therefore polar. Window cleaners are a good example. Window cleaners often contain ammonia, which is a weak base. Vinegar, which contains the weak acid acetic acid, works well, too. Acids and bases tend to be polar, which is why they are soluble in water. 

Strong bases completely ionize into OH", whereas weak bases only partially ionize in water. Ammonia, found mostly in window cleaners, is a weak base whereas sodium hydroxide, found in oven cleaners, is a strong base. 

A commercial cleaner for windows contains ammonia. How could you test for its... 

Ammonia is a colorless gas with a very sharp odor. The odor is familiar to most people because ammonia is used in smelling salts, household cleaners, and window cleaning products. 

Response personnel need to be alert to strong nnnsnal odors, snch as cat urine, ether, ammonia, acetone, or other chemicals fast-bnming fires chemical containers and apparatns in places they shonld not be expected honses with windows blacked out excessive trash, including large amonnts of items snch as antifreeze containers, lantern fnel cans, red chemically stained coffee filters, drain cleaner, and duct tape. Clandestine drug labs have been fonnd in honses, apartments, trailers, motels, mountain cabins, rural farms, and other occnpancies. 

Ammonia solution is a household cleaner with many uses. To clean windows, you can prepare a diluted solution by mixing 1 tablespoon of ammonia solution with 1 quart of water. If the undiluted solution contains 10 percent ammonia, what percent of the diluted solution is ammonia (Hint 1 tablespoon =15 mL, and 1 quart = 0.95 L)... 

Clean floors, window frames, window sills, and other surfaces weekly. Use a mop, sponge, or paper towel with warm water and a general all-purpose cleaner or a cleaner made specifically for lead. Never mix ammonia with bleach products. Doing this can result in a very dangerous gas. 

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