
Originally Posted by
MegademiC
Ammonia ions react with water and copper to create copper hydroxide(a water soluble salt with a blue to blue-green color).
Due to the electronegativity of copper, it reacts, but iron and chrome will not, at least to an extent to worry about.
Many bases are very aggressive with metals, most notably cyanide compounds.
Ammonia is not an ion. Ammonia will react with water: NH3 + H2O yields NH4+(aq) and OH-(aq), until equilibrium is reached.
Last edited by tog; 02-21-15 at 14:10.
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