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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