A new chemical approach for preventing the anti-social use of ammonium nitrate

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to limit the detonation properties of ammonimum nitrate fertilizers used in agriculture. The results presented in this paper are obtained by using analytical methods. This study also evaluated the physiochemical properties of nitrogenous fertilizers such as the specific heat, explosive enthalpy, and the effects of dolomite and fly ash additives that have been suggested for increasing the nutritional content of ammonium nitrate fertilizers. The results obtained regarding additives differ from those of previous studies. The present study produced important results regarding additives, and efforts were made to limit certain physical properties such as the detonation enthalpy and detonation velocity. KEYWORDS

Chemical and Process Engineering

“…For this purpose, the effect of polyethylene glycol and carboxymethyl cellulose on the particle structure in the ammonium nitrate production process was investigated using a Vibratory Sieve Shaker AS 200 (manufactured by Retsch, Germany) according to the ASTM E11-09 (Gezerman, 2017) standard. After the production by sieve analysis, percentage distribution of 3.35 mm, 2.5 mm, 2.0 mm, 1.0 mm, 0.5 mm and under-sieve particle sizes were determined.…”

“…The methods and materials developed were mainly in the form of chemical additives to the production processes. In a research study conducted by Gezerman (2017), he added calcium carbonate, dolomite and fly ash additives to the ammonium nitrate production process and reduced the high thermal energy of ammonium nitrate. In another study, (Gezerman and Çorbacioglu, 2017) analyzed the thermal value of ammonium nitrate by combining dolomite additive with fly ash (FBC).…”