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Question
State your observation:
Water is added to the product formed, when Al is burnt in a jar of nitrogen gas.
Chemical Equations/Structures
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Solution
Pungent, alkaline gas is evolved. Urinals and stables often smell of this gas.
\[\ce{2Al + N2 -> \underset{[Burning of aluminium]}{2AlN}}\]
\[\ce{AlN + 3H2O -> \underset{[Pungent gas]}{Al(OH)3 + NH3↑}}\]
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