hydroxylammonium

noun

hy·​drox·​yl·​ammonium

(¦)hī¦dräksə̇l+

: the univalent cation HONH₃⁺ derived from hydroxylamine and present in its salts which are obtainable by hydrolysis of a primary nitroparaffin (as nitromethane) with water and a strong acid

hydroxylammonium chloride HONH₃Cl or hydroxylamine hydrochloride NH₂OH.HCl

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hydroxyl (from English) + ammonium

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