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Ammonium hydroxide solution

28% NH3 in H2O, ≥99.99% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Ammonia aqueous, Ammonia water

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Linear Formula:
NH4OH
CAS Number:
1336-21-6
Molecular Weight:
35.05
Beilstein:
3587154
MDL number:
MFCD00066650
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
eCl@ss:
38060103
PubChem Substance ID:
329754690
NACRES:
NA.21

Assay

≥99.99% trace metals basis

form

liquid

expl. lim.

27 %

concentration

28% NH3 in H2O

pH

11.7 (20 °C)

density

0.9 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
0.9 g/mL at 25 °C

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

[NH4+].[OH-]

InChI

1S/H3N.H2O/h1H3;1H2

InChI key

VHUUQVKOLVNVRT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Ammonium hydroxide solution is also called aqueous ammonia, aqua ammonia, or ammonia water. It is a weak base mainly used as a nitrogen source to prepare other nitrogen-containing organic and inorganic chemicals such as urea, ammonium carbonate, ammonium sulfate, etc.

Application

Ammonium hydroxide solution (28% NH3 in H2O) can be used as:
  • A medium to prepare magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles via a modified controlled chemical coprecipitation method using divalent or trivalent iron salts as iron precursors.      
  • A reagent in ammonolysis.      
  • A solvent to synthesize 1, 4 dihydropyridines via one-pot condensation of an aldehyde and alkyl acetoacetate.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314,H335,H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 8(12) (2018-12-16)
In this work, new magnetic-plasmonic nanocomposites have been developed through the use of two complementary polyelectrolytes⁻polystyrene sulfonate (PSS) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH). PSS, a negatively charged polyelectrolyte, was utilized as a stabiliser for magnetite nanoparticles, and PAH, a positively charged
Martin P Pothier et al.
Frontiers in microbiology, 9, 2310-2310 (2018-10-20)
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Konstantin Chingin et al.
Analytical chemistry, 84(15), 6856-6862 (2012-07-12)
We introduce an online multiple-junction capillary isoelectric focusing fractionator (OMJ-CIEF) for separation of biological molecules in solution by pI. In OMJ-CIEF, the separation capillary is divided into seven equal sections joined with each other via tubular Nafion membrane insertions. Each
Enrique Cequier et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 845, 98-104 (2014-09-10)
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Journal of chromatography. A, 1356, 211-220 (2014-07-16)
In this study, the influence of electrospray ionization (ESI) source design on the overall sensitivity achieved in hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) and reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC), was investigated. State-of-the-art triple quadrupole mass analyzers from AB Sciex, Agilent Technologies and
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