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AMMONIUM ION [2 records]

Record 1 2011-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
Universal entry(ies)
NH4+
formula, see observation
CONT

Except for several complex species such as ammonium chloroplatinate, (NH4)2PtCl6, ammonium salts are very soluble in water. In aqueous solutions, they ionize to produce the ammonium ion, NH4+, and an acid anion. Solutions of ammonium salts of strong or moderately strong acids are acidic as a result of hydrolysis of the ammonium ion.

CONT

In addition to the familiar molecular acids, two classes of ionic acids emerge from the new definition [Bronsted-Lowry]. The second and more interesting class consists of positively charged ions (cations), such as ammonium ion ... which can be derived by the addition of a proton to a molecular base, in this case ammonia (NH3).

OBS

Every cation is necessarily an ion; anion must be either a cation or an anion.

OBS

Chemical formula: NH4+

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
NH4+
formula, see observation
CONT

ammonium [...] : Chimie organique. Nom générique des cations organiques [...] résultant du remplacement d'un ou de plusieurs atomes d'hydrogène dans le cation ammonium NH4+ par des radicaux carbonés monovalents.

OBS

Formule chimique : NH4+

OBS

pluriel : des ions ammonium et des cations ammonium.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Pollutants
CONT

The ammonium ion, so undesirable in drinking water, is not always easy to oxidize.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents de pollution
CONT

L'ion ammonium, [...] indésirable dans une eau de boisson, n'est pas toujours facile à oxyder.

Spanish

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