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What ions result when ammonium chloride is dissolved in water?

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Aug 29, 2017

Well for a start there are $N H_{4}^{+}$ $NH_4^+$ and $C l^{-}$ $Cl^-$ ions....

Explanation:

Ammonium chloride speciates in aqueous solution....

$N H_{4} C l (s) H_{2} O - - \to N H_{4}^{+} + C l^{-}$ $NH_4Cl(s) stackrel(H_2O)rarrNH_4^(+) + Cl^-$

And ammonium ions are a weak acid, which undergoes protonolysis.......

$N H_{4}^{+} + H_{2} O ⇌ N H_{3} (a q) + H_{3} O^{+}$ $NH_4^(+) + H_2O rightleftharpoons NH_3(aq) + H_3O^+$

And so we got $H_{3} O^{+}$ $H_3O^+$ , and $N H_{4}^{+}$ $NH_4^+$ , and $C l^{-}$ $Cl^-$ ions.......

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