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Ammonium hydroxide

1336-21-6H4N.HO35.046 g/mol
Salt and Compound WithChEBI source record

A solution of ammonia in water. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

R03-C-032B-MOE · FY2021

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number1336-21-6ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaH4N.HOChEBI ↗
Molar mass35.046 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass35.03711 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:18219ChEBI ↗

Names & structural identifiers

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ammonium hydroxide
ammonium hydroxide
VHUUQVKOLVNVRT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
[NH4+].[OH-]
InChI=1S/H3N.H2O/h1H3;1H2

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

food acidity regulator

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2021 source classification
Ammonium hydroxide · R03-C-032B-MOE
EndpointReported classification
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 3

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0285339 mol

Uses 35.046 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
45.65%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
39.97%
H
Hydrogen · 5 atoms
14.38%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:18219

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

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