olympus999 Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 I tried to make N2O but no results. i used NH4NO3 at 220C. Have anyone tried it?
Swany Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 Melts at 170C and decomposes at BP, which is 210C. It should have been molten and boiling. Route the gasses through a NaOH solution, and such to remove higher oxides. Ammonium sulfate is sometimes used as a filler in order to prevent accidental ignition/detonation, I belive. This is better suited for the Chemistry section, IMHO.
olympus999 Posted July 8, 2006 Author Posted July 8, 2006 at somewhere 300C its going to NH4NO3= NH4+ N+ O2?I try to make N2O at 210C.
Swany Posted July 9, 2006 Posted July 9, 2006 Are you trying to do stoich while dancing in moonbeams on acid? I doubt this N2O is going to be used in rockets. But I digress... It is going to take, primarily, the route of decomposition which suits the thermodynamic system, this is N2O and H2O. NH4 doesn't exist, N is always diatomic (N2) and more plausible would be the formation of nitric oxide. There are 7 routes of decomposition, 5 of which are explosive. Don't quote me on that, but I belive that is it. Meaning: keep it cool, relatively speaking. If it isn't decomposing at 210C, you probably dont have AN. If I am wrong there, correct me.
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