Which of the following represents the kind of bonding present in ammonium chloride?
ionic only
covalent only
ionic and covalent
dative covalent
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Ammmonium chloride consist of 3 different types of atoms that of nitrogen hydrogen and chlorine in that molecule the ammonium molecule was formed as a result of the dative covalent bond between hydrogen and nitrogen while the ammonium ion now acting as a metal forms an ionic or covalent bond with chlorine in the same manner as sodium would have
NH4Cl is an inorganic compound with the chemical name Ammonium Chloride. It is also called Sal ammoniac, the salt of ammonia and hydrogen chloride. Ammonium chloride helps maintain pH and exerts a mild diuretic effect.
In the NH4Cl molecule, an ionic bond is formed between NH4+ and Cl– ions
3 covalent bonds are formed between N and three H atoms.
One coordinate bond is formed between N and one H atom.
In this molecule an ionic bond is present between nh4+ and cl- because the cation ammonium has a single electron in its valence shell and Chlorine requires a single electron to fill its valence shell.
Three covalent bonds are formed between Nitrogen and Hydrogen
.One coordinate bond is formed between one nitrogen and one hydrogen atom because lone pair of nitrogen creates a bond with another hydrogen to form .Therefore, there is one ionic bond, three covalent bonds, and one coordinate bond.
