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What is the angle between two of the nitrogen-hydrogen bonds in the ammonium (NH4+) ion?

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Answer:

109° 27'

Step-by-step explanation:

The ammonium ion is tetrahedral in shape, all the HNH bonds are exactly at the tetrahedral bond angle since there are only bond pairs in the structure and no lone pairs. Recall that lone pairs decrease the bond angke from the ideal value in a tetrahedron due to higher repulsion.

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