Is Hydroxylamine Hydrochloride the Same as Hydroxylammonium Chloride?

These are important in the nitrogen cycle in soil and in wastewater treatment plants. Hydroxylammonium chloride is used for the same purposes for which hydroxylamine hydrochloride is used.

What is hydroxylamine hydrochloride used for?

Uses. Hydroxylamine is used as a reducing agent in photography, in synthetic and analytical chemistry, to purify aldehydes and ketones, as an antioxidant for fatty acids and soaps, and as a dehairing agent for hides.

Is hydroxylammonium chloride an acid?

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Hydroxylammonium chloride is the hydrochloric acid salt of hydroxylamine.

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