Description
Synonyms: Ammonia aqueous, Ammonia water
Linear Formula: NH4OH
General description
Ammonium hydroxide is a weak base mainly used as a source to prepare other ammonium compounds like urea, ammonium carbonate and ammonium sulfate etc.
Application
Ammonium hydroxide solution may be used:
- As a medium to prepare magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles via a modified controlled chemical coprecipitation method.
- As a solvent and reagent to prepare 4-aryl and 4-alkyl-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylates via Hantzsch synthesis in a microwave cavity synthesizer.
PROPERTIES
grade
ACS reagent
form
liquid
autoignition temp.
1204 °F
expl. lim.
27 %
concentration
28.0-30.0% NH3
impurities
MnO4– reducers, passes test
≤0.002% CO2
ign. residue
≤0.002%
pH
11.7 (20 °C)
density
0.9 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
anion traces
chloride (Cl–): ≤0.5 ppm
nitrate (NO3–): ≤2 ppm
phosphate (PO43-): ≤2 ppm
sulfate (SO42-): ≤2 ppm
cation traces
Fe: ≤0.2 ppm
heavy metals: ≤0.5 ppm (by ICP)
storage temp.
2-8°C
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