Hydroxylamine

<p>Hydroxylamine (also known as hydroxyammonia) is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> <a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">N</a><a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">H</a>2<a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">O</a>H. The compound exists as <a href="/facts/Hygroscopic/1NBGewXv">hygroscopic</a> colorless <a href="/facts/Crystal/e2R2mk3E">crystals</a>. Hydroxylamine is almost always provided and used as an <a href="/facts/Aqueous_solution/eRNr3MH2">aqueous solution</a> or more often as one of its salts such as <a href="/facts/Hydroxylammonium_sulfate/CrKvXYC9">hydroxylammonium sulfate</a>, a water-soluble solid.
</p><p>Hydroxylamine and its salts are consumed almost exclusively to produce <a href="/facts/Nylon-6/8Dtq3N7z">Nylon-6</a>. The <a href="/facts/Redox/Pyd5RVcj">oxidation</a> of <a href="/facts/Ammonia/MtLtJFtz">NH3</a> to hydroxylamine is a step in biological <a href="/facts/Nitrification/XVmbAlyd">nitrification</a>.
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Hydroxylamine