Author	Topic:   Amonium nitrate
Fjp92 Frequent Poster	posted October 30, 1999 10:35 AM             If i have a solution of amoniun nitrate can i boil of the liquied or must it be evapourated. The reson why i ask is because i have heard that it decompose on heating(and it happens at much lower tempretures as other nitrates) If it can be boiled down, can any container be used or must it be glass?
megalomania Administrator	posted October 30, 1999 11:22 PM             You can boil the solution down until it begins to get slushy (lots of solid with some water) then you can let it simmer to drive off the rest of the water. As long as the solid is heated, not strongly I mean African desert temperatures, it will eventually dry out all the way. Stronger heating will dry it faster, it begins to decompose around 400 °C I think. ------------------ Visit Megalomania's Explosives and Stuff at http://surf.to/megalomania

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