Constituent
Name
delta-Ammonium chloride (phase IV)
Official name
Ammonium chloride (delta-, phase IV)
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
chloride
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass
0.345 $\pm$ 0.002 $g$
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$NH_4^+ \cdot Cl^-$
Chemical formula
NH4Cl
Elemental formula
(N+) H4 (Cl-)
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$NH_4^+$ Ammonium ion molecule 1 0.5 1 constituent cation main
$Cl^-$ Chloride anion element 1 0.5 1 constituent anion main
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$H_4 >\mid N^+$ 1
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$>\mid N^+ \cdot Cl^{-}$ 1
$\geq N^+-H$ 4 main
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Group
chloride (07.01.03)
Phase name
delta-NH4Cl (phase IV)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
isometric (cubic)
Crystal class
hexoctahedral
Crystal class symbol
m-3m (Oh)
Crystal spacegroup
Pm-3m
Comments
ordered orientation of $NH_4^+$ : all the $NH_4^+$ align parallel to each other
Texture
unknown
Molar mass
53.49 $g/mol$
Refringence type
isotropic
Color
colorless, white
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent