Today, there is a matter of whether ammonium acetate is ionic or covalent. Ammonium acetate is formed by combining ammonium ions with acetate ions. Ammonium ions are positively charged, acetate ions are negatively charged, and anions and cations attract each other by electrostatic attractive forces, forming ionic bonds. From this perspective, ammonium acetate is an ionic compound, and its ionic bond characteristics make it exhibit different properties from covalent compounds in many aspects. If it is in water, it is easy to ionize ammonium ions and acetate ions, and has good electrical conductivity. This is due to its ionic structure, which is very different from the situation where covalent compounds form molecules by sharing electron pairs. In summary, ammonium acetate is mainly ionic and belongs to ionic compounds.