540. Ammonium Perchlorate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7790-98-9
Perchloric acid ammonium salt (1:1).
ClH4NO4; mol wt 117.49.
Cl 30.18%, H 3.43%, N 11.92%, O 54.47%.
NH4ClO4.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Ammonium (8th ed.) 23, pp 196-200 (1936). Review of decompn and combustion: Jacobs, Whitehead, Chem. Rev. 69, 551-590 (1969).

Properties

Orthorhombic crystals. Dec on heating. d 1.95. Freely sol in water; sol in methanol; slightly sol in ethanol, acetone; almost insol in ethyl acetate, ether.

Use

In explosives, pyrotechnic compositions, jet and rocket propellants.