Przemysl Chemiczny, Vol.92, No.12, 2178-2185, 2013
Safety hazards and product losses in processes for manufacturing ammonium nitrate melts. Part 1. Effect of decomposition products and some additives
Aq. solns. of NH4NO3 (conc. 40-98% by mass) were heated up to boiling for 10 h optionally in presence of (NH4)(2)SO4, Ca(NO3)(2) and Mg(NO3)(2) to follow the decompn. of NH4NO3. The decompn. was accelerated in presence of HNO3 and inhibited in presence of NH3. The addn. of (NH4)(2)SO4, Ca(NO3)(2) and Mg(NO3)(2) resulted in a small decrease in NH4NO3 decompn. rate.