Constituent Salammoniac | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: Salammoniac
IMA name: Salammoniac

Class: non-silicate mineral
Compound type: halide

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass: 0.345 $\pm$ 0.002 $g$
Mass fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $NH_4Cl$
Chemical formula: NH4Cl
Elemental formula: (N+) H4 (Cl-)
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$NH_4^+$	Ammonium ion	molecule	1		molecular ion	main
	$Cl^-$	Chloride anion	element	1		constituent anion	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\geq N^+-H$	4	main

Oxides composition

Oxides

Formula	$Cl$
Mass fraction (%)	66.28

Oxides comments

N2O5 calculated as (NH4)2O = 48.68% - -14.96 % -O=Cl2

Classifications

Strunz

Class: halides (03)
Division: simple halides, without H2O (03.A)
Family: M:X = 1:1, 2:3, 3:5, etc. (03.AA)
Code: 03.AA.25

Dana

Major class: halides (IV)
Class: anhydrous and hydrated halides (09)
Type: where AX (09.01)
Group: -Salammoniac- group (09.01.03)
Code: 09.01.03.01

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: isometric (cubic)
Crystal class: hexoctahedral
Crystal class symbol: m-3m (Oh)
Crystal spacegroup: Pm-3m

Texture: monocrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 53.49 $g/mol$
Density: 1.5 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: isotropic
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.693
Color: colorless, white, grayish, yellow, brown
Diaphaneity: transparent
Luster: vitreous