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What is the name of the compound NH4?

David Bhattarai  Follow

NH4 doesn't exist because Nitrogen can form maximum 3 bonds. (e.g. NH3)

I think you are searching for NH4+

NH4+ = Ammonium cation (more obscurely: aminium) cation is a positively charged polyatomic cation with the chemical formula NH4+. It is formed by the protonation of ammonia (NH3).

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Craig Eckhoff  Follow

There is no species with the formula NH4. Either it would be NH3 or NH4+. NH3 is ammonia and NH4+ is ammonium ion. NH4+ is also treated as a basic radical. It is conjugate acid of Bronsted base NH3.

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Alicia Frizzell  Follow

The Answer may not be that obvious but it's Ammonium. The symbol is derived from the valencies of its constituent elements when combined and then ionised. 2 moles of Nitrogen reacts with 3 moles of Hydrogen to form 2 moles of Ammonia gas. This is usually referred to as the Haber-Bosch Process, named after German scientist Fritz Haber and BASF worker Carl Bosch who fully enacted it.

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Andreas Nikolaou  Follow

The compound NH4 doesn’t exist, but it would be tetrahydrogen nitride.

The compound NH3 is ammonia (no one’s going to call it trihydrogen nitride, although that would also be correct).

The ion NH4+ is ammonium.

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Derek Powell  Follow

The ammonium cation is a positively charged polyatomic ion with the chemical formula NH 4. It is formed by the protonation of ammonia . Ammonium is also a general name for positively charged or protonated substituted amines and quaternary ammonium cations (NR 4), where one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups

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Choko Canyon  Follow

As Ammonia is highly reactive if additional Hydrogen is present in the surrounding then it react with to NH4+ ions which is not stable and easily break so ,

It is name as Ammonium Ion(NH4+)

It doesn't have any group !!

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Colleen Karalee Peltomaa  Follow

I presume there is a spelling error:

to me Sn SO4 would make sense as in Tin or Stannum-Sulfate,

but for SNSO4 i haven't a clue.

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AFZAAL AGHA  Follow

Ammonium Sulfite (NH4)2SO3 Molecular WeighThe ammonium (more obscurely: aminium) cation is a positively charged polyatomic cation with the chemical formulaNH4+. It is formed by the protonation of ammonia (NH3).

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And Esco  Follow

NH3 (ammonia) is a gas and sometimescalled toxic or free ammonia. It is the unionised form of NH4. NH4 (a̮m̮m̮o̮n̮i̮u̮m̮) is a nontoxic salt it is the ionised form of ammonia. NH3 and NH4 together are often refered to as total ammonia nitrogen (TAN).

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Don Eamon  Follow

To my knowledge, this uncharged chemical species should be named ammonium radical; a radical is a chemical species with an unpaired electron. It should be very unstable, while ammonium ion NH4+, where all the electrons are paired, is quite stable.

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