Why we are all using a nonexistent substance : NH₄OH

Chemical Education

Authors

  • Maurice Cosandey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2021.679

Keywords:

Ammonia, Ammonium, Hydroxide, Incompatibility, Mistake

Abstract

Ammonium hydroxide does not exist, but it is commercially available, although everybody knows that it should be called "ammonia hydrate ». The reason is not scientific. It is purely commercial and will be explained in the text

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Published

2021-08-17