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ammonium salt

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. any salt containing the NH 4 + ion, formed by the neutralization of ammonium hydroxide by an acid.


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The laboratory preparation of ammonia is by the reaction of an ammonium salt with a strong base such as sodium hydroxide.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

They can react with H3O+ in a dilute acid to form an ammonium salt, and this property is used to extract them from the plant:

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Vogel speaks highly of it as an addition to the positive toning bath, although he prefers the analogous ammonium salt in the following formula: Chloride of gold solution....

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various

This is exactly what takes place when the base lime comes in contact with an ammonium salt, such as sulphate of ammonia.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton

To the alcoholic solution, four times its volume of ether is added, when the ammonium salt is precipitated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

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