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ammonium definition

am·mo·nium (ə mō′nē əm)

noun

the monovalent radical NH, present in salts produced by the reaction of ammonia with an acid: its compounds are like those of the alkali metals

Etymology: ModL, coined by Baron Jöns Jakob Berzelius < ammonia + -ium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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