Patent ID: 6872265
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: C01C,C01P,C06B,C06D

Abstract:
1. In a method of phase-stabilizing ammonium nitrate, the improvement comprising adding a phase stabilization additive combination of at least CuO and KNO 3 to ammonium nitrate to form a phase stabilized ammonium nitrate composition containing between about 94 and about 96 wt. % ammonium nitrate and between about 4 and 6 wt. % of the phase stabilization additive combination, wherein the CuO is present in a relative amount of no more than about 2.0 wt. %, the weight percentages being calculated with the total of the ammonium nitrate and the phase stabilization additive combination equaling 100 wt. %.