What is the conjugate acid of ammonia?

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sodium sulfate — acid–base reaction Sodium sulfate, also called Glauber's salt, is, like other salts, the product of an acid-base reaction.

According to the Brønsted–Lowry definition, the conjugate acid of ammonia ( ${NH}_{3}$ ) is the ammonium ion ( ${NH}_{4}^{+}$ ).12

In this chemical framework, a base is defined as a species that accepts a proton ( $H^{+}$ ). When ammonia accepts a proton, it forms the ammonium ion, which acts as the corresponding conjugate acid.123