Ammonium nitrate
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IUPAC name
Ammonium nitrate
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Identifiers | |
3D model (JSmol)
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ChemSpider | |
RTECS nummer | BR9050000 |
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UN nummer | 0222 – wi > 0.2% combustible substances 1942 – wi <= 0.2% combustible substances 2067 – fertilizers 2426 – liquid |
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Properties | |
(NH4)(NO3) | |
Molar mass | 80.043 g/mol |
Appearance | white/grey solid |
Density | 1.725 g/cm3 (20 °C) |
Meltin pynt | 169.6 °C (337.3 °F; 442.8 K) |
Bylin pynt | approx. 210 °C;decomposes |
118 g/100 ml (0 °C) 150 g/100 ml (20 °C) 297 g/100 ml (40 °C) 410 g/100 ml (60 °C) 576 g/100 ml (80 °C) 1024 g/100 ml (100 °C)[1] | |
Magnetic susceptibility | -33.6·10−6 cm3/mol |
Structur | |
trigonal | |
Explosive data | |
Shock sensitivity | very law |
Friction sensitivity | very law |
Detonation velocity | 5270 m/s |
Hazards | |
Main hazards | Explosive |
Safety data sheet | ICSC 0216 |
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NFPA 704 | |
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |
LD50 (Median dose)
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2085–5300 mg/kg (oral in rats, mice)[2] |
Relatit compoonds | |
Ither anions
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Ammonium nitrite |
Ither cations
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Sodium nitrate Potassium nitrate Hydroxylammonium nitrate |
Relatit compoonds
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Ammonium perchlorate |
Except whaur itherwise notit, data are gien for materials in thair staundart state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compoond, the nitrate saut o the ammonium cation. It haes the chemical formula NH4NO3, simplified to N2H4O3. It is a white crystal solit an is heichly soluble in watter. It is predominantly uised in agricultur as a heich-nitrogen fertilizer.[4] Its ither major uise is as a component o explosive mixtures uised in minin, quarryin, an ceevil construction. It is the major constituent o ANFO, a popular industrial explosive which accoonts for 80% o explosives uised in North Americae; seemilar formulations hae been uised in improvised explosive devices. Mony kintras are phasin oot its uise in consumer applications due tae concerns ower its potential for misuise.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Pradyot Patnaik. Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals. McGraw-Hill, 2002, ISBN 0-07-049439-8
- ↑ Martel, B.; Cassidy, K. (2004). Chemical Risk Analysis: A Practical Handbook. Butterworth–Heinemann. p. 362. ISBN 1-903996-65-1.
- ↑ http://www.ehs.neu.edu/laboratory_safety/general_information/nfpa_hazard_rating/documents/NFPAratingAC.htm Archived 2016-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Karl-Heinz Zapp "Ammonium Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2012, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a02_243