Why is ammonia a base?
| March 17, 2021 | education
In fact, ammonia, like water, is amphiprotic, meaning it can act as a base or an acid. It can even autoionize like water: [ce] NH3 + NH3 -> NH2- + NH4 + [/ ce].
NH2 ion is not common and the equilibrium constant for the above reaction is about 10 ~ -30.
NH3 is much more likely to receive a proton (or give up its lone pair) than to lose a proton.
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