(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:45:49

Am*mo"ni*um (#), n. [See Ammonia.] Chem.

A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.

<-- positive ion -->

 

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