What is "ammonium chloride"?

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anor277
Apr 9, 2017

"Ammonium chloride" is the salt of "ammonia" and "hydrochloric acid".

Explanation:

And this follows the stoichiometric equation:

NH_3(aq) + HCl(aq) rarr NH_4Cl(aq)

"Base"+"Acid"rarr"Salt"

In some literature you see ammonium chloride represented as H_3N*HCl, but the nitrogen in ammonia definitely becomes quaternized on salt formation, i.e. H_4N^(+)Cl^(-).

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