AMMINES, in chemistry, compounds resulting from the addi tion of ammonia, to metallic salts or other binary chemical compounds. (See CHEMISTRY: Inorganic; CO-ORDINATION ; VAL ENCY.) The ammine formed from copper sulphate is the essential constituent in Schweitzer's reagent which is used as a solvent for cellulose in the preparation of one kind of artificial silk.
See A. Werner, New Ideas on Inorganic Chemistry (1911) ; M. M. J. Sutherland, The Metal Ammines (1928).