The molecule is an organoammonium salt resulting from the mixing of equimolar amounts of nitric acid and ethylamine. First prepared in 1914, it was one of the first ionic liquids found that had a melting point below room temperature (m.p. 12鈩?. It has a role as a protic solvent. It is an organoammonium salt and an ionic liquid. It contains an ethylaminium and a nitrate.
ethylazanium;nitrate