What is the conjugate acid of NH3?

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anor277
Nov 28, 2015

The conjugate acid of ammonia is the ammonium ion, #NH_4^+#.

Explanation:

The conjugate acid of any species, is the original species PLUS a proton, #H^+#. Both mass and charge are conserved. So add a #H^+# unit to #NH_3#, and I gets #NH_4^+#, ammonium ion. Are both mass and charge conserved here?

By the same procedure, if I remove #H^+# from any species, I get the conjugate base. So the conjugate base of sulfuric acid, #H_2SO_4# is #HSO_4^-#, bisulfate anion. What is the conjugate base of bisulfate ion?

Can you tell me the conjugate base of #NH_3#? This species does not exist in water, but it does exist in liquid ammonia.

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