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ammonio

ammonio noun: a chemical group (-NH₃⁺) derived from the ammonium cation.

Noun

ammonio (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) A chemical group (-NH₃⁺) derived from the ammonium cation.
    • The liquid products of these successive boilings are then thrown together into an earthenware vessel, and in order to get rid of a peculiar element or prin­ciple still combined with the coloring matter, and which has a great affinity for iron, he precipitates the coloring matter with ammo­nio...1847, editorial staff, “Patent Inks and Salts of Gold”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80

Words formed from ammonio

Questions about ammonio

What does ammonio mean?
Ammonio means a chemical group (-NH₃⁺) derived from the ammonium cation.
What part of speech is ammonio?
Ammonio is a noun.

Words near ammonio in the dictionary

  1. ammonifies
  2. ammonify
  3. ammonifying
  4. ammoniid
  5. ammoniids
  6. ammonio
  7. ammonio-
  8. ammonioalunite
  9. ammonioborite
  10. ammoniochloride
  11. ammoniochlorides

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