ammonium acetate

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NH 4 (C 2 H 3 O 2 ), used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes and meat preservatives.

Example Sentences

Lead sulphate may be dissolved by boiling with ammonium acetate.

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Qualitative tests showed the presence of lead and sulphate in the ammonium acetate solution.

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To determine the presence of lead some of the powder was extracted with ammonium acetate solution.

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Ammonium sulphide blackens it, and it is coluble in solution of ammonium acetate, which distinguishes it from barium sulphate.

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It is standardized by dissolving a weighed amount of lead sulphate in ammonium acetate and proceeding as described above.

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