Applications
Ammonium Chloride is commonly used as a buffer solution. It is used in the manufacture of fireworks, safety explosives and smokes. It is used to control pH levels in chemicals, to produce sodium carbonate, as a fertilizer, in electronics and in metallurgy. Also used as a flux for cleaning, as a flavoring agent, as an expectorant in cough medicine and as a systemic acidifying agent. It is widely used as an electrolyte in zinc-carbon batteries. It has application in leather industries for dyeing, tanning, textile printing and to luster cotton.

Solubility
Soluble in water, methanol, liquid ammonia and acetone. Insoluble in diethyl ether and ethyl acetate.

Notes
Hygroscopic. Incompatible with silver nitrate and strong oxidizers.