Meanings
nounammonio (uncountable)
- in compoundsuncountablechemistryA chemical group (-NH₃⁺) derived from the ammonium cation.
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The liquid products of these successive boilings are then thrown together into an earthenware vessel, and in order to get rid of a peculiar element or principle still combined with the coloring matter, and which has a great affinity for iron, he precipitates the coloring matter with ammonio bichloride of tin.
1847, editorial staff, “Patent Inks and Salts of Gold”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80
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