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What is quaternary ammonium salt?

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Quaternary ammonium salts are positively charged polyatomic ions of the structure $N R_{4}^{+} X^{-}$ , where R is an alkyl group or an aryl group and X is anion(usually the halide ion). The quaternary ammonium cations are permanently charged. The structure of the quaternary ammonium salt is.

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