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azanium

azanium noun: the ammonium cation, NH₄⁺.

Noun

azanium

  1. The ammonium cation, NH₄⁺.
    • Although nitrogen N can exist in valence forms that range from a valence of +5 (represented by the nitrate ion NO₃⁻) to a valence of -3 (represented by the ammonium cation, azanium, NH₄⁺), it is the reduced form that is most relevant to the problem at hand.2012, Raymond N. Yong, Masashi Nakano, Roland Pusch, Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour, page 397
    • "In our present work, mixed surfactants of hexadecyl(trimethyl)azanium bromide and sodium dodecyl sulfate were used to mediate the nucleation and growth of CaCO(3) crystals,” scientists in Yangzhou, People's Republic of China report.2012, Advances in Dodecanol Research and Application, page 51

Words formed from azanium

Questions about azanium

What does azanium mean?
Azanium means the ammonium cation, NH₄⁺.
What part of speech is azanium?
Azanium is a noun.

Words near azanium in the dictionary

  1. azanidazole
  2. azanide
  3. azanides
  4. azanitrile
  5. azanitriles
  6. azanium
  7. azaniumyl
  8. azaniumyls
  9. azans
  10. azanucleoside
  11. azanucleosides

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