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Feb 10, 2016

Calcium chloride reacts with ammonia.

Explanation:

Calcium chloride cannot be used as a drying agent as it reacts with ammonia to form addition compounds called ammoniates:

$C a C l_{2 (s)} + 8 N H_{3 (g)} \to C a C l_{2} .8 N H_{3 (s)}$ $CaCl_(2(s))+8NH_(3(g))rarrCaCl_(2).8NH_(3(s))$

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