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Electrolysis of Acidified Water

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Ammonia gas dissolves in water to give ammonium ion.In this reaction water acts as an ___ .

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$H_{2} O$ acts as acid as it provides $H^{+}$ ion to $N H_{3}$ .
The reaction is:- $N H_{3} + H_{2} O \to N H_{4}^{+} + O H^{-}$

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