US2657977A - Process for preventing the physical disintegration of ammonium nitrate by temperature fluctuations - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for preparing an improved ammonium nitrate composition. More particularly it relates to a process for preparing an ammonium nitrate composition which is resistant to temperature induced physical disintegration, by incorporating certain stabilizing agents therewith, as more particularly described hereinafter.
- Ammonium nitrate is widely used in agriculture as a fertilizer, and in the chemical industry for explosives and various other purposes. When used for any of these purposes, it is desirable that the ammonium nitrate be in the form of small pellets or crystals of minimum surface area, convenient to handle and of reduced ,humectant properties. Numerous methods have been devised to produce ammonium nitrate in suitable pellet form, including the processes described in our co-pending application, U. S. Serial No. 75,852.
- orthorhombic Also known as orthorhombic pseudotetragonal.
- ammonium nitrate particles to disintegrate is considerably reduced, and in most instances completely overcome, and the disadvantage inherent in solid ammonium nitrate referred to above therefore avoided, by adding, to ammonium nitrate, certain secondary components.
- certain secondary components ammonium sulfate and ammonium phosphate.
- the desired amounts of the secondary components and ammonium nitrate may be mixed thoroughly in the molten state, followed by cooling to give solid ammonium nitrate with the desired properties.
- the secondary components may be introduced along with the reactants in the process used to prepare the ammonium nitrate. While either of these methods may be used to advantage, we prefer to use the latter, and in particular where the process used to prepare the ammonium nitrate is that disclosed in co-pending U. S. patent application, Serial No.
- substantially anhydrous molten ammonium nitrate is continuously produced in a one-step process from ammonia and nitric acid at temperatures above the melt ing oint of ammonium. nitrate.
- the materials for eliminating temperature induced disintegration are fed to the reactor as a mixture with the nitric acid or the ammonia.
- the secondary components must be added within-certain limits inaccordance with my invention.- While the exact amount of material to be added will, of course, depend upon several variables such as kind of compound added, use to be made of the product, and conditions-under Table II Degree of lvllnor c'omponeiit, in anhydrous product z g fgg' cent fines) 0 (100% NH4N 03) 69. e100 1.0% I 'O5'..- 5.15 1.05 o (NHOES Q4 5.
- the ammonium nitrate was made by the process disclosed in U. S. Serial No. 745,729, which has been-issued as Patent No; 2,568,901.
- The: secondary component was introduced along: withthe nitric acid feed" and the product was made as-small pellets or particles according to the method'disclosed in U. S. Serial No. 75,852. Tests were m'ade'by placinglO grams of each sample in a stopp'ered glass vial and alternately heating and cooling the vials.
- the vials containing the ammonium-- nitrate material wereplaced in .an oven at 55 C; for three hours and thenremoved-and held' at room temperature (about 22 C.) for threehours.
- a process for preventing the physical disintegration by temperature fluctuations of ammoniumnitrate produced by the reaction of ammoniaand'nitric acid which comprises adding and thoroughly mixing with said acid-before said reaction sufficient quantities of sulfuric acid to givean ammonium nitrate product containing from about 0125 510% of ammonium sulfate.
- a process for preventing the physical disintegration of ammonium nitrate by temperature fluctuations which comprises incorporating and thoroughly mixing with molten ammonium nitrate from about 0.25 to about 5.0 percent of ammonium sulfate.
- a process for preventing the physical disintegration of ammonium nitrate by tempera ture fluctuations which comprises incorporating and thoroughly Zmixing with molten ammonium nitrate from about 0.25 to about 5- per cent of an ammonium salt, selected from the group consisting of ammonium sulfate and ammonium phosphate, and forming the resulting melt into pellets.
- a process of preventing. the physical disintegration by temperature fluctuations of ammonium nitrate produced by the reaction of'ammoniaiand nitric acid, which comprises adding 'and-thorou'ghlymixing with said acid before said reaction a small amount of an acid, selected from a group consisting of sulfuric and phosphoric acids, suflicient to produce an ammonium nitrate product consisting essentially of ammonium nitrate in which there is incorporated from about 0.25 to 5.0% by weight of an ammonium salt, corresponding to the added acid.
- an acid selected from a group consisting of sulfuric and phosphoric acids
- a solidified melt in pellet form having the properties of a substantially pure ammonium nitrate and consisting essentially of ammonium nitrate and from about 0.25 to 5.0 per cent by weight of an added admixed ammonium salt, selected from a class consisting of ammonium sulfate and ammonium phosphate, the quantity of added ammonium salt present being sufficient to reduce the tendency to physical disintegration of the pellets by temperature fluctuations; said composition being free from alkali metal salts.
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Patented Nov. 3, 1953 PROCESS FOR PREVENTING THE PHYSICAL F AMMONIUM NI- DISINTEGRATION TRATE BY TEMPER ATURE FLUCTUATIONS Leonard A. Stengel and John W. Brodhacker,
Terre Haute,
Solvents Corporation,
poration of Maryland Ind., assignors to Commercial Terre Haute, Ind., a cor- No Drawing. Application September 21, 1949,
Serial No.
Claims.
The present invention relates to a process for preparing an improved ammonium nitrate composition. More particularly it relates to a process for preparing an ammonium nitrate composition which is resistant to temperature induced physical disintegration, by incorporating certain stabilizing agents therewith, as more particularly described hereinafter.
Ammonium nitrate is widely used in agriculture as a fertilizer, and in the chemical industry for explosives and various other purposes. When used for any of these purposes, it is desirable that the ammonium nitrate be in the form of small pellets or crystals of minimum surface area, convenient to handle and of reduced ,humectant properties. Numerous methods have been devised to produce ammonium nitrate in suitable pellet form, including the processes described in our co-pending application, U. S. Serial No. 75,852.
While the preparation of ammonium nitrate in pellet form goes far towards elimination of the difiiculties involved in the use of ammonium nitrate, there still have existed difliculties which up to the present time have been insurmountable. One of these obstacles results from the well-known fact that ammonium nitrate undergoes crystal modification on storage when changes in temperature occur. These changes in crystal structure cause a reduction of the strength of the particles and are accompanied by measurable changes in volume and enthalpy. The following table shows the properties of different crystalline forms of ammonium nitrate and the temperatures at which the transformations take place.
Also known as orthorhombic. Also known as orthorhombic pseudotetragonal.
The most important temperature-induced transformation, from the standpoint of our invention, is the one at 321 0., since this temperature is often encountered with summer storage conditions. The speed at which these changes take place is relatively fast, it being reported (Ross et al., Preparation of Ammonium Nitrate for Use as a Fertilizer, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 912) that when the orthorhombic form is maintained at 28 C. it will undergo complete transformation into the pseudotetragonal form in minutes.
Weakening of the ammonium nitrate particles, if not complete physical disintegration, is caused by this critical change in temperature. The weakened condition increases caking during storage and generally makes an inferior fertilizer material. One of the principal reasons why am-- monium nitrate has not been used in rocket: propellents is that the volume changes which accompany the transition from one phase to an-- other, occurring within the ordinary temperature ranges, result in the pellets containing ammoni-- um nitrate being reduced to powder while in storage.
We have now discovered that this tendency of ammonium nitrate particles to disintegrate is considerably reduced, and in most instances completely overcome, and the disadvantage inherent in solid ammonium nitrate referred to above therefore avoided, by adding, to ammonium nitrate, certain secondary components. We have found that the addition of these substances to ammonium nitrate increases the strength of the crystals without otherwise appreciably affecting the ammonium nitrate. In accordance with the present invention, there are used as secondary components ammonium sulfate and ammonium phosphate.
In regard to the method of incorporating these inorganic additives with the ammonium nitrate, we have found that the desired amounts of the secondary components and ammonium nitrate may be mixed thoroughly in the molten state, followed by cooling to give solid ammonium nitrate with the desired properties. Alternatively the secondary components may be introduced along with the reactants in the process used to prepare the ammonium nitrate. While either of these methods may be used to advantage, we prefer to use the latter, and in particular where the process used to prepare the ammonium nitrate is that disclosed in co-pending U. S. patent application, Serial No. 745,729, in which substantially anhydrous molten ammonium nitrate is continuously produced in a one-step process from ammonia and nitric acid at temperatures above the melt ing oint of ammonium. nitrate. Whenusing I that process, the materials for eliminating temperature induced disintegration are fed to the reactor as a mixture with the nitric acid or the ammonia. In some instances it is desirable to add to the nitric acid a material different from that desired in the final ammonium nitrate product, but one which upon reacting with ammonia will give the desired compound. For" example; iiithe': desired secondary componentis ammonium sulfate, excellent results are obtained when sulfuric acid is mixed with the nitric acidin the desired proportion before contactwith the ammonia. The desired results are also-obtained-when phos phoric acid is added to the nitric acid before contact with the ammonia. The exact composition of the compound formed, when phosphoric acid is used in our process, has not been definitely" established, but for simplification the product will be referred to as ammonium phosphate.
The secondary components must be added within-certain limits inaccordance with my invention.- While the exact amount of material to be added will, of course, depend upon several variables such as kind of compound added, use to be made of the product, and conditions-under Table II Degree of lvllnor c'omponeiit, in anhydrous product z g fgg' cent fines) 0 (100% NH4N 03) 69. e100 1.0% I 'O5'..- 5.15 1.05 o (NHOES Q4 5. 0 2.08%- (NH;) 2304 1 210 0 (NHmSOhm None While the stability of ammonium nitrate is increased-by the addition of any member of the group consisting of ammonium sulfate and ammoniumphosphate, the addition of certain members gives the added advantage of also reducing the rate of moisture absorption by the ammonium nitrate. The following table shows the results obtained from several absorption tests on pure ammonium nitrate and after the addition of secondary components. The samples were prepared exactly as described above for the stabilityt'ests andeach sample subjected to various humi'dities, as shown, at a constant temperature of C. forten days.
Table III Percent-increase in wt. on exposure to Orig; various humidities Minor component, percent moisture, I
percent 0 (100%NH4NO L; 0.277 l '0Il2 0. 04' 0.03 0.05 3. 18.80 1.05% (NTKQ)gSO4. 0.225 0.04' 0.06 0.005 0.35 1.9 7.37 0.477% P20s+2.U8% (NHOzSO; 0.200 0.03 0.046 0.036 0.06 1.0 0.40
which the product will be stored, best results are: obtained when the various materials are added concentrations of between about 0.25
and 5.0% of the total product. Larger amounts-- po'nents exhibits theimproved properties referred to: Owing to themann'er-inwhich our com positions" are made these compositions are free from alkali metal salts.
In the followingte'sts; which were run to de-- termine' the extent of 'disintegration of various ammonium nitrate materials, the ammonium nitratewas made by the process disclosed in U. S. Serial No. 745,729, which has been-issued as Patent No; 2,568,901. The: secondary component was introduced along: withthe nitric acid feed" and the product was made as-small pellets or particles according to the method'disclosed in U. S. Serial No. 75,852. Tests were m'ade'by placinglO grams of each sample in a stopp'ered glass vial and alternately heating and cooling the vials. The vials containing the ammonium-- nitrate material wereplaced in .an oven at 55 C; for three hours and thenremoved-and held' at room temperature (about 22 C.) for threehours. The heating and cooling cyclewas' re= peated five times for each sample. Atzthe end" of thisoperation, the pellets were examined; and all that were about /41or more of their. original size were removed fromthe: fines that were produced: during the; temperature changes- Table- II, below, shows-:thc.i-percentage of. the 'orig ina'l samples ithatl'were' 'classediaafines While the above d'escribes the preferred embodiments of our invention, it will be understood that modifications may be made therein and departures therefrom within the scope of the specification and claims.
This case is-acontinuation-in-part of our application, U'. S-'. Serial No. 75,852, filed February ll, 1949, now abandoned.
What we claim is:
l. A process for preventing the physical disintegration by temperature fluctuations of ammoniumnitrate produced by the reaction of ammoniaand'nitric acid, which comprises adding and thoroughly mixing with said acid-before said reaction sufficient quantities of sulfuric acid to givean ammonium nitrate product containing from about 0125 510% of ammonium sulfate.
2. A process for preventing the physical disintegration of ammonium nitrate by temperature fluctuations which comprises incorporating and thoroughly mixing with molten ammonium nitrate from about 0.25 to about 5.0 percent of ammonium sulfate.
3. A process for preventing the physical disintegration of ammonium nitrate by tempera ture fluctuations which comprises incorporating and thoroughly Zmixing with molten ammonium nitrate from about 0.25 to about 5- per cent of an ammonium salt, selected from the group consisting of ammonium sulfate and ammonium phosphate, and forming the resulting melt into pellets.
4. A process: of preventing. the physical disintegration by temperature fluctuations of ammonium nitrate produced by the reaction of'ammoniaiand nitric acid, which comprises adding 'and-thorou'ghlymixing with said acid before said reaction a small amount of an acid, selected from a group consisting of sulfuric and phosphoric acids, suflicient to produce an ammonium nitrate product consisting essentially of ammonium nitrate in which there is incorporated from about 0.25 to 5.0% by weight of an ammonium salt, corresponding to the added acid.
5. A solidified melt in pellet form having the properties of a substantially pure ammonium nitrate and consisting essentially of ammonium nitrate and from about 0.25 to 5.0 per cent by weight of an added admixed ammonium salt, selected from a class consisting of ammonium sulfate and ammonium phosphate, the quantity of added ammonium salt present being sufficient to reduce the tendency to physical disintegration of the pellets by temperature fluctuations; said composition being free from alkali metal salts.
LEONARD A. STENGEL. JOHN W. BRODI-IACKER.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 5 1,051,097 Furth et al Jan. 21, 1913 1,263,363 Bergve et a1 Apr. 23, 1918 1,301,047 Freeth et al. Apr. 15, 1919 1,742,448 Meyers Jan. 7, 1930 1,801,677 Meyers ..Apr. 21, 1931 10 2,005,997 Krauch et al June 25, 1935 2,115,851 Handforth et al. May 23, 1938 2,268,888 Mericola Jan. 6, 1942 2,382,298 Datin Aug. 14, 1945 2,481,795 Taylor Sept. 13, 1949 OTHER REFERENCES Mellor, Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, vol. 2, page 830, 1922 0 ed., Longmans, Green and 00., N. Y.
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1. A PROCESS FOR PREVENTING THE PHYSICAL DISINTEGRATION BY TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE PRODUCE BY THE REACTION OF AMMONIA AND NITRIC ACID, WHICH COMPRISES ADDING AND THOROUGHLY MIXING WITH SAID ACID BEFORE SAID REACTION SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OF SULFURIC ACID TO GIVE AN AMMONIUM NITRATE PRODUCT CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 0.25 TO 5.0% OF AMMONIUM SULFATE.
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