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ammonium salts
« on: September 30, 2004, 01:03:48 PM »
i read something bout ammonium salts of non-oxidising acids and also ammonium salts of oxidising acids.

how to know where the acid is oxidising or non-oxidising. what's the difference?

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Re:ammonium salts
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2004, 07:41:45 PM »
One can look this up in oxidation-reduction potential tables.
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Re:ammonium salts
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2004, 01:18:50 AM »
There is one compound, namely ammonium persulfate (NH4)2S2O8 which brokes the oxidation rules. Persulfate anion is a very strong oxidizer but not oxidises ammonia bound in its molecule..
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