Ammonium nitrate NH4NO3 decomposes in an exothermic reaction and produce two gaseous products from solid reactant:

Enthalpy change is  .
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In the presence of carbon (as oxidisable fuel), ethalpy change increases to  as in the reaction below with more gaseous products:
 as in the reaction below with more gaseous products:

The decomposition temperature of pure NH4NO3 is 170 °C.
 
		 
	