SOLID SOLUTION FORMATION BETWEEN AMMONIUM NITRATE AND POTASSIUM NITRATE

1948 ◽  
Vol 26b (6) ◽  
pp. 499-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Whetstone

X-ray investigations by means of powder photographs show that solid solution formation between potassium nitrate and ammonium nitrate in simple admixture after grinding together may take place, and is considerably accelerated when the temperature is raised from ordinary temperatures to above 40 °C., at which NH4NO3 III is stable (transition temperature 32 °C.). The preparation of homogeneous mixed crystals of ammonium nitrate and potassium nitrate by co-crystallization of the salts from aqueous solution is described.

1946 ◽  
Vol 24b (4) ◽  
pp. 93-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan N. Campbell ◽  
A. Jean R. Campbell

It is shown that the above transition can be repressed (metastably) by using in place of pure ammonium nitrate a solid solution of potassium nitrate in ammonium nitrate. With such a solid solution containing 8 to 10% potassium nitrate, the temperature of the transition III → IV is depressed to about −20 °C. Such solid solutions can be prepared either by fusing the components together or by crystallizing from a mixed aqueous solution.


1997 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 1467-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald P. Chiarello ◽  
Neil C. Sturchio ◽  
John D. Grace ◽  
Phillip Geissbuhler ◽  
Larry B. Sorensen ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
T. R. Dinger

Zirconia (ZrO2) is often added to ceramic compacts to increase their toughness. The mechanisms by which this toughness increase occurs are generally accepted to be those of transformation toughening and microcracking. The mechanism of transformation toughening is based on the presence of metastable tetragonal ZrO2 which transforms to the monoclinic allotrope when stressed by a propagating crack. The decrease in volume which accompanies this transformation effectively relieves the applied stress at the crack tip and toughens the material; microcrack toughening arises from the deflection of a propagating crack around sharply angular inclusions.These mechanisms, however, do not explain the toughness increases associated with the class of composites investigated here. Analytical electron microscopy (AEM) has been used to determine whether solid solution effects could be the cause of this increased toughness. Specimens of a mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) + 15 vol. % ZrO2 were prepared by the usual technique of mechanical thinning followed by ion beam milling. All observations were made in a Philips EM400 TEM/STEM microscope fitted with EDXS and EELS spectrometers.


1986 ◽  
Vol 47 (C1) ◽  
pp. C1-441-C1-445
Author(s):  
E. KOSTIĆ ◽  
S. J. KISS ◽  
D. CEROVIĆ

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 4061-4070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orsolya Barabás ◽  
Dóra K Menyhárd ◽  
Zsolt Böcskei ◽  
Kálmán Simon ◽  
Ilona Kiss-Ajzert ◽  
...  

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