Thermal stability and kinetics of decomposition of ammonium nitrate in the presence of pyrite

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 165, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 751-758

  Gunawan, Richard ^a   Zhang, Dongke ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Critical temperature; Kinetics; Pyrite; Safety

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BLAST HOLES; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES; ISOTHERMAL REACTORS; MINING OPERATIONS; PRE-EXPONENTIAL FACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL EXPLOSIONS; THERMAL STABILITIES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DETONATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXPLOSIONS; MINING; NITRATES; NITRATION; PYRITES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; PYRITE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CALORIMETRY; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOSION; EXPLOSIVE; ISOTHERM; MINING; PYRITE; REACTION KINETICS; SAFETY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXPLOSION; KINETICS; MINING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; IRON; KINETICS; NITRATES; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 64549156091     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.10.054     Document Type: Article

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