metal-ammonia solution
1Ammonia — For other uses, see Ammonia (disambiguation). Ammonia …
2ammonia — /euh mohn yeuh, euh moh nee euh/, n. Chem. 1. a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water soluble, gaseous compound, NH3, usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the… …
3Metal amides — are a class of coordination compounds composed of a metal center with amide ligands of the form NR2. Amide ligands have two electron pairs available for bonding. In principle, they can be terminal or bridging. In these two examples, the… …
4Metal ions in aqueous solution — A metal ion in aqueous solution is a cation, dissolved in water, of chemical formula [M(H2O)n]z+. The solvation number, n, determined by a variety of experimental methods is 4 for Li+ and Be2+ and 6 for elements in rows 3 and 4 of the periodic… …
5Metal ammine complex — Ball and stick model of the tetraamminediaquacopper(II) cation, [Cu(NH3)4(H2O)2]2+ In coordination chemistry, metal ammine complexes are metal complexes containing at least one ammonia (NH3) ligand. Ammine is spelled this way due to historical… …
6solution — solutional, adj. /seuh looh sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution. 2. the state of being solved: a problem capable of solution. 3. a particular instance or method of solving; an… …
7alkali metal — Chem. any of the group of univalent metals including potassium, sodium, lithium, rubidium, cesium, and francium, whose hydroxides are alkalis. [1880 85] * * * Any of the six chemical elements in the leftmost group of the periodic table (lithium,… …
8alkaline-earth metal — /al keuh luyn errth , lin /, Chem. any of the group of bivalent metals including barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, usually, magnesium, the hydroxides of which are alkalis but less soluble than those of the alkali metals. [1900 05] * * * ▪… …
9aqua ammonia — Aqua A qua, n. [L. See {Ewer}.] Water; a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed. [1913 Webster] {Aqua ammoni[ae]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often …
10Copper — For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation) …
