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🧪 With one ammonium 🧪 A chemical salt
monoammonium

monoammonium

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Containing one ammonium group in a chemical compound
  • adjective
  • /ˌmɒnoʊəˈmɒniəm/
  • Specialized
: monoamónico
  • The fertilizer contains monoammonium phosphate, which is commonly used in agriculture.

Examples

  • Scientists analyzed a monoammonium salt to determine its chemical properties.

  • The reaction produced a monoammonium compound as the main product.

  • The monoammonium compound is essential for this process.

  • Researchers synthesized a monoammonium compound for the experiment.

  • The fertilizer contains monoammonium phosphate, which is commonly used in agriculture.

  • Scientists analyzed a monoammonium salt to determine its chemical properties.

  • The reaction produced a monoammonium compound as the main product.

Surface Forms

monoammonium positive

Morphology

monoammonium = ammonium (transparent) = mono + ammonium

The meaning is directly compositional: 'mono-' means one, and 'ammonium' names the chemical group being modified.

Etymology

Monoammonium starts with mono- 'one', the same mono- you see in monorail, and ends with ammonium, the chemical name that comes from ammonia, which got its name from the Egyptian god Ammon. So monoammonium describes a compound that has just one ammonium group.