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Steven S. Zumdahl
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Professor and Associate Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Author of Chemical Principles and many others.

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Difference in molecular structure between ammonia/amines and quaternary ammonium ions
Ammonia (NH3 ), colorless, pungent gas composed of nitrogen and hydrogen. It is the simplest stable compound of these elements and serves as a starting material for the production of many commercially important nitrogen compounds. The major use of ammonia is as a fertilizer. In the United States,…
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