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WHEN ammonium nitrate is heated, two of its main reactions are dissociation and decomposition according to the following equations:
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FEICK, G., HAINER, R. A Temperature-limiting Mechanism in the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Nitrate. Nature 173, 1188–1189 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1731188a0
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