Answer to Question #70047 in General Chemistry for hamdah

Question

If the theoretical percent of Sand (25.5%), Sodium chloride (36%) and Ammonium chloride (38.5%). In which of these three products you have lost sample?

Answer 1

We can have lost sample in Ammonium chloride, because it can be decomposed by reaction:
NH 4 Cl(s) → NH 3 (g) + HCl(g)
NH 3 and HCl are gases.