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Why does ammonia acts as a lew is base ? Given an example.

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N in `NH_(3)` has one lone pair of electrons which is availabel for donation. Therefore, it donates an electron pair to proton to form `NH_(4)^(+)` ion and hence it acts a Lewis base.
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