Ammonium Definition

ə-mōnē-əm
noun
The univalent chemical ion NH4 +, derived from ammonia, whose compounds chemically resemble the alkali metals.
American Heritage
The monovalent radical NH4, present in salts produced by the reaction of ammonia with an acid: its compounds are like those of the alkali metals.
Webster's New World

(inorganic chemistry) The univalent NH4+ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • ammonium ion

Other Word Forms of Ammonium

Noun

Singular:
ammonium
Plural:
ammoniums

Origin of Ammonium

  • ammon(ia) –ium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ammonia +‎ -ium

    From Wiktionary

Ammonium Sentence Examples

  • They may be prepared by the dry distillation of the ammonium salts.

  • They are precipitated from their alkaline solutions as cobalt sulphide by sulphuretted hydrogen, but this precipitation is prevented by the presence of citric and tartaric acids; similarly the presence of ammonium salts hinders their precipitation by caustic alkalis.

  • Cobalt ammonium phosphate, CoNH4PO 4.12H 2 0, is formed when a soluble cobalt salt is digested for some time with excess of a warm solution of ammonium phosphate.

  • By dry distillation it gives ammonium cyanide.

  • It may be obtained in the spongy form by igniting iridium ammonium chloride, and this variety of the metal readily oxidizes when heated in air.

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