kclo4 - 5-3-2005 at 19:13
I read some ware that acetic acid and ammonium nitrate react exothermically but I do not under stand how since HC2H3O2 is much weaker then HNO3 so
what would the reaction be?
sparkgap - 6-3-2005 at 09:37
This MSDS says that mixing the two will cause spontaneous ignition if mixed, especially if the acetic acid is concentrated.
Oh, and before you tell this guy to UTFSE, I searched also, and all the sites I saw just mentioned that the two were incompatible. 
Now I'm wondering too.
sparky (~_~)
kclo4 - 12-3-2005 at 18:10
Is it that know one knows or now one ever looks in this section
hodges - 13-3-2005 at 14:01
I don't know the answer, but I'm guessing that NH4NO3 acts as an oxidizing agent to the acetic acid. It would be kind of like mixing KNO3
with sugar. Its not a simple replacement reaction but an oxidation-reduction reaction. Just my guess.
12AX7 - 13-3-2005 at 14:34
So someone get out their GAA and AN and do it already 