Is ammonium hydroxide a strong or weak base and how do you know that?
Technically there is no such thing as ammonium hydroxide. NH3 gas (ammonia gas) dissolves easily in water and produces the NH4^+ and the OH^- from the reaction with water. It is a weak base because that reaction is not complete. The ionization constant for the reaction can be measured; it is 1.75E-5.
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it is a weaker base b/c each ion( after dissociation of the compound) has less charge density so solvent molecules will less denslly surrond the ions and hence they can recombine back so less ions will be there in solution and hence it is a weak electrolye