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To dry ammonia gas the drying agent used is
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soda lime
$\mathrm{NH}_{3}$ (ammonia) gas is dried by using sodalime, because $\mathrm{NH}_{3}$ itself is basic in nature and only basic compound can be used to dry $\mathrm{NH}_{3}$, while conc. $\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}$, anhy. $\mathrm{CaCl}_{2}$ and $\mathrm{P}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{5}$ can not react with ammonia.
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