Constituent
Name
Ammonium formate
Official name
Ammonium formate
Family
ionic solid
Class
alkali salt
Compound type
organic salt
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$NH_4^+ \cdot HCOO^-$
Chemical formula
NH4HCOO
Elemental formula
(N+) H5 C O (O-)
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
$HCOO^-$ Formate ion molecule 1 0.5 1 constituent anion main
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$H_4 >\mid N^+$ 1
$R-C(=O)-O^-$ 1 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$>\mid N^+ \cdot O^{-}-$ 1
$\geq N^+-H$ 4 main
$\eqslantgtr C-H$ 1 main
$>C=O$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-O^-$ 1 main
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
monoclinic
Molar mass
63.056 $g/mol$
Density
1.26 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
biaxial
Diaphaneity
transparent