Ammonium nitrate NH4NO3 decomposes in an exothermic reaction and produce two gaseous products from solid reactant:
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Enthalpy change is
.
In the presence of carbon (as oxidisable fuel), ethalpy change increases to
as in the reaction below with more gaseous products:
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The decomposition temperature of pure NH4NO3 is 170 °C.
