For decades scientists have known that the tongue responds strongly to ammonium chloride, but weren’t sure which receptors were responsible for being able to do so. Liman and her team ...

They found that the tongue responds to ammonium chloride, which is apparently a popular ingredient in some Scandinavian candies, namely salt licorice. They say that the ability to taste ammonium ...

Rich Legg/Getty Images Researchers say ammonium chloride is the new sixth basic taste. The sixth taste would add to the five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. Experts say the ...

In dilute solutions, polyion complexes often do not precipitate but become colloidal particles in the same way as hydrophobic colloids of low molar mass salts, such as AgI. 10 Colloidal polyion ...