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AMMONIUM SALT [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

[A salt] formed between an acid and ammonia that contain[s] the ammonium ion, NH4+.

OBS

Ammonium salts tend to be white crystalline solids. Examples are ammonium carbonate, (NH4)2CO3 used in smelling salts, ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, ... ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3 used in fertilizers and explosives ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Les sels d'ammonium sont par exemple le nitrate d'ammonium NH4NO3 ou le chlorure d'ammonium NH4Cl.

Spanish

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