How does ammonia act as a base?

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How does ammonia act as a base?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-30T18:46:56

A base acts in aqueous solution as a proton acceptor.........

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And thus $N H_{3} (a q) + H_{2} O ⇌ N H_{4}^{+} + H O^{-}$ $NH_3(aq) + H_2O rightleftharpoonsNH_4^(+) + HO^-$ , ammonia has acted as a BASE, as a proton acceptor.

And ammonium ion acts as an acid in the following equation.....

$N H_{4}^{+} + H_{2} O (l) ⇌ N H_{3} (a q) + H_{3} O^{+}$ $NH_4^(+) +H_2O(l) rightleftharpoonsNH_3(aq) + H_3O^+$

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