How to Use ammonium in a Sentence

ammonium

noun
  • To help get rid of flakes, look for a lotion with ammonium lactate or alpha-hydroxy acid.
    — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 20 June 2023
  • Officials said the package appeared to be a bomb and smelled like ammonium.
    — Fox News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The drink does contain ammonium ferric citrate, which is technically iron, but it is not brewed.
    — Palko Karasz, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Takata uses ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion that inflates air bags in a crash.
    — Tom Krishner, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The process is strongly inhibited in the presence of ammonium, which mainly comes from proteins in waste.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The bacteria respired away the carbon and released nitrogen as ammonium.
    — Joshua Weitz, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Salicylic acid can be too harsh for dry skin, as can parabens, sodium laurel sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, and some types of alcohol.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Health.com, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The main culprits are sodium-lauryl sulfate and ammonium laureth sulfate.
    — Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping, 17 June 2022
  • Those birds are genetically selecting to eat soy and corn, not to mention things like herbicides and ammonium.
    — Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • This tide then reduces the amount of light that reaches the seagrasses and creates conditions of low oxygen as well as an increase in ammonium and sulfates.
    — Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Takata’s troubles stem from use of the explosive chemical ammonium nitrate in the inflators to deploy air bags in a crash.
    — Tom Krisher and Marcy Gordon, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2017
  • Takata's troubles stem from use of the explosive chemical ammonium nitrate in the inflators to deploy air bags in a crash.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 26 June 2017
  • The explosion was caused by 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrates that had been stored in the port for six years before exploding.
    — James Rogers, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Nitrifying microbes in the soil can then convert the ammonium into nitrate.
    — Jennifer Debruyn, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Takata uses the chemical ammonium nitrate to inflate air bags.
    — Tom Krisher, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2017
  • The second is ammonium metatungstate, a cluster of tungsten and oxygen atoms that can accept and hold multiple electrons, much like a tiny rechargeable battery.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
  • And in soils that contain nitrate but little to no ammonium, cranberries, blueberries, rhododendrons and azaleas are, for the most part, a non-starter.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Chiang’s team used a liquid reagent made of water and ammonium fluoride — the active chemical in glass etchant — to do the exact opposite.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • The first is to coat the fabric in a liquid solution that contains metals like silver ions; metal oxides like copper oxide; or compounds of ammonium.
    — Kate Greene, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2013
  • The staff disinfected rooms daily with an ammonium cleaning solution, and after a patient wasdischarged, the room was cleaned with bleach.
    — Tracy Staedter, Fox News, 30 May 2017
  • Most disinfectant wipes contain ammonium compounds and some kind of alcohol for killing bacteria and viruses.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The gas was captured and fed back into the loop, thereby regenerating the starting ammonium fluoride.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • The misconception may spring in part from the fact that methyl ammonium lead triiodide, which is still widely used by academic researchers, is one of the unstable compounds.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2019
  • There are a number of products on the market that contain essential oils, like clove or citrus, sodium or ammonium derivatives or even acetic acid (vinegar).
    — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
  • The retardant, dropped from above on wildfires to prevent them from spreading, contains ammonium nitrate and has been linked to massive fish deaths in polluted waterways.
    — Brandon Keim, WIRED, 27 Aug. 2007
  • The middle of the cylinder is filled with a powdered mixture of ammonium perchlorate and ammonium nitrate, the oxidants.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • The nitrogen of ammonium is converted to other more complex compounds that are beneficial to humans, like amino acids – the building blocks of protein.
    — Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2016
  • For example, adding too much fertilizer with ammonium, or NH4, can result in the soil becoming too acidic over time.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 7 June 2026
  • The inflaters developed by Takata use a compound known as ammonium nitrate that is supposed to fill airbags in a powerful but controlled explosion.
    — Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 18 May 2017
  • Mazepin asked the president to help to re-start ammonium fertilizer shipments via Ukraine’s Odesa port as part of a grain shipment deal that was extended last week.
    — Bloomberg.com, 22 Nov. 2022

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