azanium

English

Noun

azanium

  1. The ammonium cation, NH4+.
    • 2012, Raymond N. Yong, ‎Masashi Nakano, ‎Roland Pusch, Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour, page 397:
      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, Advances in Dodecanol Research and Application, page 51:
      "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.

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