ammonium salt
Americannoun
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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
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
The silver and mercury salts, when heated, yield the metal, with liberation of carbon dioxide and formation of free formic acid; and the ammonium salt, when distilled, gives some formamide, HCONH2.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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
It is now known that the action takes place in two stages; the ammonium salt is first oxidized to the nitrite stage and subsequently to the nitrate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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