TECHNOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROXYLAMMONIUM NITRATE
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https://doi.org/10.15421/jchemtech.v32i3.304725Keywords:
liquid fuel, main propellant component, technology of obtaining, properties, purity analysis, storage, hydroxylammonium nitrateAbstract
The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of possible methods for obtaining a promising highly effective component for liquid, paste and solid “green” rocket fuels - hydroxylammonium nitrate (NH3OH)NO3 (HAN), which is not only safer, but also more efficient and environmentally friendly, since during its combustion mainly non-toxic gases such as water vapor, molecular nitrogen and carbon dioxide are released. The technology for obtaining the target product HAN by a simple exchange reaction of salts of hydroxylammonium sulfate and metal nitrate with the formation of the target product and an insoluble salt, metal sulfate, as a by-product has been studied. The feasibility of using this reaction as an accessible, cheap, non-toxic and non-carcinogenic raw material component is shown, ensuring high efficiency of the technological process due to low energy costs when drying HAN solutions, low yield of the by-product (calcium sulfate) and the possibility of its regeneration into the original calcium nitrate at high yield and purity of the target product.
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