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Ignitability of mixtures of ammonium nitrate and combustible additives

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A hot plate technique is used to study the ignition probability of granulated ammonium nitrate mixed with combustible additives: I-50 oil, carbon black, and polyethylene. If the additive content is 5% or more, mixtures in a 140 mm diameter charge ignite and burn stably at normal pressure. The ignition temperature was almost identical at 350°C for all mixtures under the test conditions.

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  1. A. N. Afanasenkov
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  2. F. P. Muzlyaev
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  3. K. K. Shvedov
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Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 12–16. September–October, 1995.

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Afanasenkov, A.N., Muzlyaev, F.P. & Shvedov, K.K. Ignitability of mixtures of ammonium nitrate and combustible additives. Combust Explos Shock Waves 31, 515–518 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00743800

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