Merck, 17093-1L, Ammonium hydroxide solution

General description
Ammonium hydroxide solution is a solution of 30-33% NH₃ in H₂O. It is a colorless liquid having a strong characteristic odor. Electrolytic deposition of silver onto vitreous carbon electrodes from ammonium hydroxide solutions by the potential step technique has been reported.
Ammonium hydroxide is a weak base mainly used as a source to prepare other ammonium compounds like urea, ammonium carbonate and ammonium sulfate etc.
Application
Ammonium hydroxide solution may be used in the following studies:
Preparation of magnetic nanoparticles.
To investigate the effect of substrate on the morphology of ZnS thin films by chemical bath deposition.
Preparation of amine functionalized cellulose nanocrystals (CNC-NH₂).
Wet processing of the GaAs(100) surface.

Ammonium hydroxide solution may be used:
As a medium to prepare magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles via a modified controlled chemical coprecipitation method.
As a solvent and reagent to prepare 4-aryl and 4-alkyl-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylates via Hantzsch synthesis in a microwave cavity synthesizer.