ammonium ion

1. 1.

   the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion

   Synonymsammonium

   Broaderammonia

Questions about ammonium ion

What does ammonium ion mean?

ammonium ion means "the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion".

What is another word for ammonium ion?

Close synonyms include ammonium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ammonium ion a common word?

ammonium ion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.