What is ammonia(NH3)? Base or acid!

1 Answer
Apr 30, 2018

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Explanation:

Ammonia is definitely basic. It reacts with water #("H"_2"O")# very quick and produces #"NH"_4"OH"#.

The #"NH"_4"OH"# dissociates into #"NH"_4^+# and #"OH"^-#. The #"OH"^-# is the reason for basic property.

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