Use of potassium ferrocyanide as habit modifier in the size reduction and phase modification of ammonium nitrate crystals in slurries

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 583-589

  Vargeese, Anuj A ^a   Joshi, Satyawati S ^a   Krishnamurthy, V N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Habit modification; Hydroxylammonium nitrate; Phase modification; Potassium ferrocyanide trihydrate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; HABIT MODIFICATION; HYDROXYLAMMONIUM NITRATE; PHASE MODIFICATION; POTASSIUM FERROCYANIDE TRIHYDRATE;

ASPECT RATIO; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POTASSIUM; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; FERROCYANIDE; NITRATE; POTASSIUM FERROCYANIDE;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CRYSTAL; CYANIDE; HYGROSCOPICITY; PHASE TRANSITION; POTASSIUM; SLURRY;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERROCYANIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRATES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77956199499     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.073     Document Type: Article

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