Ammonia in aqueous solution, gives ................ ions as basic radical.
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Acid–base properties
Fumes from hydrochloric acid and ammonia forming a white cloud of ammonium chloride
The ammonium ion is generated when ammonia, a weak base, reacts with Brønsted acids (proton donors):
H+ + NH3 → NH+
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The ammonium ion is mildly acidic, reacting with Brønsted bases to return to the uncharged ammonia molecule:
NH+
4 + B− → HB + NH3
Thus, treatment of concentrated solutions of ammonium salts with strong base gives ammonia. When ammonia is dissolved in water, a tiny amount of it converts to ammonium ions:
H2O + NH3 ⇌ OH− + NH+
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The degree to which ammonia forms the ammonium ion depends on the pH of the solution. If the pH is low, the equilibrium shifts to the right: more ammonia molecules are converted into ammonium ions. If the pH is high (the concentration of hydrogen ions is low), the equilibrium shifts to the left: the hydroxide ion abstracts a proton from the ammonium ion, generating ammonia.
Formation of ammonium compounds can also occur in the vapor phase; for example, when ammonia vapor comes in contact with hydrogen chloride vapor, a white cloud of ammonium chloride forms, which eventually settles out as a solid in a thin white layer on surfaces.