Chemistry A-Level
Ammonium identification
What Ammonium identification means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Ammonium identification
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Warming with sodium hydroxide solution releases ammonia gas that turns damp red litmus paper blue.
Topics that use Ammonium identification
- Transition elements - 5.3.2 Qualitative analysis (OCR A-Level)
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