how to pronounce ammonium

/əˈməʊ.ni.əm/

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An example use of ammonium in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… 700 tons of ammonium nitrate that had …”

meanings of ammonium

noun:

The univalent NH4^+ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia.
Any similar cation formed by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl or aryl radicals.

ammonium frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ammonium occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.