The role of different H-bonds in phases II, III, IV, and V of triammonium hydrogen disulfate, (NH
4+)
3H
+(SO
42-)
2, hasbeen studied by X-ray diffraction and
1H solid-state MAS NMR. The proper space group for phase II is
C2/
c, forphases III and IV is
P2/
n, and for phase V is
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. The structures of phases III and IV seem to be the same. Thehydrogen atom participating in the O
--H
+···O
- H-bond in phase II of (NH
4+)
3H
+(SO
42-)
2 at room temperature issplit at two positions around the center of the crucial O
--H
+···O
- H-bonding, joining two SO
42- tetrahedra. Withdecreasing temperature, it becomes localized at one of the oxygen atoms. Further cooling causes additionaldifferentiation of possibly equivalent sulfate dimers. The NH
4+ ions participate mainly in bifurcated H-bonds withtwo oxygen atoms from sulfate anions. On cooling, the major contribution of the bifurcated H-bond becomes stronger,whereas the minor one becomes weaker. This is coupled with rotation of sulfate ions. In all the phases of(NH
4+)
3H
+(SO
42-)
2, some additional, weak but significant, reflections are observed. They are located between thelayers of the reciprocal lattice, suggesting possible modulation of the host (NH
4+)
3H
+(SO
42-)
2 structure(s). Accordingto
1H MAS NMR obtained for phases II and III, the nature of the acidic proton disorder is dynamic, and localizationof the proton takes place in a broader range of temperatures, as can be expected from the X-ray diffraction data.