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I believe ammonia is unionized, which means it has no charge.

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NH3 = ammonia, gaseous AND in solution, weak base (sometimes as wrongly presented as NH4OH, because ammonia is not a hyroxide!, it isn't a strong base like OH-), neutral

NH4+ = ammonium, conjugated acid of ammonia, salty cation.

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