What Are Some Uses of Ammonia as a Base?

Question by Pet Sketches: What are some uses of ammonia as a base?
I know there are plenty of uses for ammonia, such as for use in fertilisers, however, how is ammonia used as a base?

I would be very grateful for a answer. (4 or more uses would be perfect)

Best answer:

Answer by Tiffany Andersen
Well, this one is pretty interesting, anhydrous ammonia (ammonia that contains no water) is used in one of the production methods of methamphetamine.

“Ammonia is a base, used to change the pseudoephedrine from a hydrochloride to a freebase, so it can react with red phosphorus and lithium to make methamphetamine freebase. The methamphetamine freebase is then reacted with hydrochloric acid to return it to hydrochloride(useable) form. There isn’t ammonia in methamphetamine, it changes the nature of the chemical and is then removed.”

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