ammonium

[US]/ə'məʊnɪəm/
[UK]/ə'monɪəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ammonium; a type of cation containing ammonia group, a type of salt base.

Phrases & Collocations

ammonium nitrate

ammonium chloride

ammonium hydroxide

ammonium sulfate

quaternary ammonium

ammonium salt

ammonium phosphate

quaternary ammonium salt

ammonium bicarbonate

ammonium molybdate

ammonium persulfate

ammonium sulphate

ammonium bromide

ammonium carbonate

ammonium polyphosphate

ammonium perchlorate

ammonium hydrogen carbonate

ammonium carbamate

ammonium thiocyanate

ammonium fluoride

Example Sentences

ammonium nitrate is commonly used as a fertilizer.

ammonium hydroxide is a common cleaning agent.

ammonium chloride is used in various industrial processes.

ammonium sulfate is often added to soil as a fertilizer.

ammonium carbonate is used in baking powder.

ammonium phosphate is a common ingredient in some fertilizers.

ammonium bicarbonate is used in the food industry as a raising agent.

ammonium persulfate is a powerful oxidizing agent.

ammonium acetate is often used in molecular biology applications.

ammonium thiosulfate is used as a fertilizer and in photographic fixer solutions.

Real-world Examples

Officials said that 2, 700 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up.

Source: PBS Interview Social Series

Ammonium form binds the soil, doesn't move.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

When you apply nitrogen fertilizers, it is mostly in ammonium form.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Global water sources are polluted by excess ammonium nitrate from cornfields.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

There's no problem with ammonium nitrogen.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

This can combine with ammonium to form struvite stones that often form large staghorn renal calculi, or kidney stones.

Source: Osmosis - Microorganisms

Ammonia can then combine with hydrogen to form ammonium, which increases urine PH - so the urine becomes more alkaline.

Source: Osmosis - Microorganisms

A fourth type are struvite stones, sometimes called infection stones, which are a composite mix of magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate.

Source: Osmosis - Urinary

Diab said the unsafe storage of ammonium nitrate thought to have caused last Tuesday's blast highlighted longstanding negligence.

Source: PBS English News

Officials say the storage of some 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate at a warehouse in the port

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2020

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