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Q. Limiting molar conductivity of $NH _{4} OH$ [i.e., $\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( NH _{4} OH \right)$ ] is equal to:

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Solution:

According to Kohlrausch law of independent migration of ions:
$\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( NH _{4} OH \right)=\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( NH _{4}^{+}\right)+\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( OH ^{-}\right)$
$=\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( NH _{4}^{+}\right)+\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( Cl ^{-}\right)+\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( OH ^{-}\right)$
$=\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( NH _{4}^{+}\right)-\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( Cl ^{-}\right)-\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( Na ^{+}\right)$
$=\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}\left( NH _{4} Cl \right)+\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}( NaOH )-\Lambda_{m}^{\circ}( NaCl )$