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Why ammonium is not a molecular ion

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Ammonium
(NH_(4)^+) is not a molecular ion because it is just a poly-atomic ion. A molecular ion has a "negative or positive charge" as a whole but the positive charge on here is not on the whole. So, it is a poly-atomic ion and not molecular ion.

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