Ammonium Chloride is White powdered crystals, specific gravity 1.532 (17 °C) easily absords moisture, and forming a cake, soluble in water, and the solubility varies as the temperature increases, sulbimes at 340 °C. It appears little corrosivity.

Ammonium Chloride

NH4CL(As Dry Basis)%  99.5%min

Moisture%  0.5%max

Residue in Ignition  0.4%max

Fe%  0.0007min

Pb%  0.0005max

Application

1.Dry cell. used as electrolyte in zinc-carbon batteries.

2.Metalwork. as a flux in preparing metals to be tin coated, galvanized or soldered.

3.Other applications. Used to work on oil wells with clay swelling problems. Other uses include in hair shampoo, in the glue that bonds plywood, and in cleaning products. In hair shampoo, it is used as a thickening agent in ammonium-based surfactant systems, such as ammonium lauryl sulfate. Ammonium chlorides used in the textile and leather industry in dyeing, tanning, textile printing and to luster cotton.