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Effect of polymer coating on ammonium nitrate substrate

Author(s) -

Castorina Thomas C.,

Smetana Andrew F.

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

journal of applied polymer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 1097-4628

pISSN - 0021-8995

DOI - 10.1002/app.1974.070180508

Subject(s) - materials science , coating , ammonium nitrate , adsorption , chemical engineering , polymer , xylylene , polymerization , polymer chemistry , ammonium , substrate (aquarium) , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , oceanography , engineering , geology

Prilled, spheroidized, and granular ammonium nitrates (AN) were coated with poly(chloro‐ p ‐xylylene) (parylene C) by a vapor deposition polymerization technique. Particles of AN with a 0.2% coating remain free flowing after long exposure to ambient conditions. The effectiveness of the coating as a moisture barrier on the three forms of AN was found to be in the order spheroids > prills > granules. Water adsorption isotherms and hygroscopicity determinations indicate that a 0.7% coating hydrophobes the surface of AN by approximately one order of magnitude. The parylene C/AN interface exhibits chemical and physical stability at elevated temperatures.

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