Nitrogen trichloride

<p>Nitrogen trichloride, also known as trichloramine, is the <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">chemical compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> NCl3. This yellow, oily, and explosive liquid is most commonly encountered as a product of <a href="/facts/Chemical_reaction/GpqWlKrz">chemical reactions</a> between <a href="/facts/Ammonia/MtLtJFtz">ammonia</a>-derivatives and <a href="/facts/Chlorine/y27UwYBM">chlorine</a> (for example, in <a href="/facts/Swimming_pool/32DUFtdN">swimming pools</a>). Alongside <a href="/facts/Monochloramine/NI4tsT8m">monochloramine</a> and <a href="/facts/Dichloramine/MCxK0nTN">dichloramine</a>, trichloramine is responsible for the distinctive 'chlorine smell' associated with swimming pools, where the compound is readily formed as a product from <a href="/facts/Hypochlorous_acid/tGrX1C7z">hypochlorous acid</a> reacting with <a href="/facts/Ammonia/MtLtJFtz">ammonia</a> and other nitrogenous substances in the water, such as <a href="/facts/Urea/6j84AoCG">urea</a> from <a href="/facts/Urine/oNUYVtvX">urine</a>.
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Nitrogen trichloride