ammonium sulfate

Also known as ammonium sulphate, (NH4)2SO4, sulfuric acid, diammonium salt, sulfuric acid ammonium salt (1:2), ammonium sulfate (2:1), mascagnite, diammonium sulfate

chemical compound

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Ammonium sulfate is a chemical compound with the formula H₈N₂O₄S. Its IUPAC name is diazanium;sulfate. The substance has a density of 1.769 and a mass of 132.020477736. It decomposes at 218 and possesses a standard enthalpy of formation of -1180.

The molecule features a charge of 0, with 2 hydrogen bond donors and 4 hydrogen bond acceptors. Its topological polar surface area is 90.6. Ammonium sulfate is referenced by 425 other encyclopedia articles and has been the subject of 22107 PubMed entries.

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Within Vinony's link graph, ammonium sulfate is referenced by 425 other articles, and connects out to ion, ferrous ammonium sulfate and silver sulfate.

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Its subject is documented across 57 Wikipedia language editions.

Chemical data

Formula: H8N2O4S
Molecular weight: 132.14 g/mol
IUPAC name: diazanium;sulfate
SMILES: [NH4+].[NH4+].[O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-]
InChIKey: BFNBIHQBYMNNAN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Polar surface area: 90.6 Å²
H-bond donors: 2
H-bond acceptors: 4
Formal charge: 0

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Drug data · ChEMBL

Molecule type: Small molecule

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Research

22,107 papers

Protein precipitation using ammonium sulfate.Current protocols in protein science · 2001Wingfield PDOI: 10.1002/0471140864.psa03fs13
Ammonium Sulfate Fractionation of Antibodies.Cold Spring Harbor protocols · 2018Fishman JB, Berg EADOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot099119
Ammonium sulfate supplementation enhances erythromycin biosynthesis by augmenting intracellular metabolism and precursor supply in Saccharopolyspora erythraea.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2023Yuan Y, Xu F, Ke X et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00449-023-02898-x
Influence of ammonium nitrate on the crystallisation of ammonium sulfate.Environmental technology · 2024Huang B, Dai M, Wen Z et al.DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2165972
Ammonium sulfate-based prefractionation improved proteome coverage and detection of carbonylated proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana leaf extract.Planta · 2023Tola AJ, Missihoun TDDOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04083-6
Protein Precipitation Using Ammonium Sulfate.Current protocols in protein science · 2016DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.psa03fs84
Purification of antibodies using ammonium sulfate fractionation or gel filtration.ReviewMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 1999Kent UMDOI: 10.1385/1-59259-213-9:11
Luminol-hydrogen peroxide-horseradish peroxidase chemiluminescence intensification by kosmotrope ammonium sulfate.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2022Karatani HDOI: 10.1007/s44211-022-00069-8

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: salt
Has part: sulfur
Mass: 132.020477736

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Commons category: Ammonium sulfate
canonical SMILES: [NH4+].[NH4+].[O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-]
chemical formula: H₈N₂O₄S
density: 1.769
decomposition point: 218
standard enthalpy of formation: -1180
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Encyclopedic overview

Ammonium sulfate (American English and international scientific usage; ammonium sulphate in British English); [NH4]2SO4, is an inorganic salt with a number of commercial uses. The most common use is as a soil fertilizer. It contains 21% nitrogen and 24% sulfur.

Uses

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