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So, ammonium hydroxide is a weak base. Weak base means that it dissociate slightly in water, that is, it does not dissociate 100% in water. This is because, when ammounium hydroxide reacts with water it forms hydrogen ions. But as the reaction is very revesible it will never react completely with water, that is, it will never dissociate completely with water. Thus, it is a weak base.

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it dissociate slightly in water compare to a strong base like NaOH that would dissociate 100%

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it has not got enough hydroxide as it will just be stripping the magnesium .eg oxygen :) hope it helped a little bit im 14 and told this to my teacher and she said it was a great answer!

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