PHASE-STABILIZED AMMONIUM NITRATE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

Ammonium nitrate is phase-stabilized against Phase IV <---> Phase III transition and the undesired volume changes associated with that phase change by including an effective amount of at least one metal dinitramide salt having the formula MXn wherein M is a metal cation, X is a dinitramide anion, and n is 1, 2 or 3. The phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate is useful in energetic applications such as solid propellants and explosives.