Quote: Originally posted by Formatik  | | ... KN3 can be used to get potassium, but it explodes if overheated (this can sometimes be as low as 100ยบ).
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This is an error on my part, sorry I haven't corrected until now, from Gmelin: upon careful heating, KN3 melts, and then decomposes at 355 C. Some
have noted decomposition started at 320 C already. Others finding at 360 C to give a steady gentle release of N2, then KN3 can be overheated by up to
over 100 C, at which point usually explosive decomposition occurs.
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