Abstract: A phase stabilized ammonium nitrate and a method of making the same wherein ammonium nitrate is stabilized through the presence of a stabilizing metal diammine dinitrate without requiring or necessitating the isolation of explosive metal tetrammine nitrate complexes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 3, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2002
Assignee:
Autoliv ASP, Inc.
Inventors:
Ivan V. Mendenhall, Robert G. Smith, Robert D. Taylor