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Biochemistry by Raymond Ochs

Edition 0ISBN: 978-1449661373
book Biochemistry by Raymond Ochs cover

Biochemistry by Raymond Ochs

Edition 0ISBN: 978-1449661373
Exercise 7
Ammonia is a polar molecule by virtue of its lone pair. When protonated to ammonium, however, it is symmetrical and would seem, by vector addition, to have no polarity. Yet, the ammonium ion readily dissolves in water. Why?
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The ammonia molecule (NH ₃ ) is polar mo...

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