Write the equation for the action of heat on:

(a) Ammonium chloride

(b) Ammonium nitrate

State whether each reaction is an example of thermal decomposition or thermal dissociation.

When an ammonium salt is warmed with sodium hydroxide solution, a gas is evolved. State three ways in which you could identify this gas.

A gas 'A' reacts with another gas 'B' in the presence of a catalyst to give a colourless gas 'C'. The gas 'C' when comes in contact with air produces a brown gas 'D'. The solution of 'A' in water turns red litmus blue. Explain the observations.

Name a compound prepared by ammonia and is used as :

(a) Explosive

(b) Fertilizers

(c) Medicine

(d) Laboratory reagent