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The sulfate of calcium has a formula CaSO4. The formula of the sulphate of ammonium will be:

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NH3SO4
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(NH3)2SO4
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NH4SO4
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(NH4)2SO4
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Solution

The correct option is D (NH4)2SO4
Sulphate ion is bivalent anion (i.e. charge is -2) and is represented as SO24 and calcium ion is bivalent cation Ca+2 and by Crisscross method their formula is CaSO4 .Now ammonium is univalent cation given by NH+4 and hence by Crisscross method we get sulphate of ammonium formula as (NH4)2SO4.

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