Constituent
Name
Ammonium nitrate-IV
Official name
Ammonium nitrate (phase IV)
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
nitrate
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass
0.382 $\pm$ 0.002 $g$
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$NH_4^+ \cdot NO_3^-$
Chemical formula
(NH4)NO3
Elemental formula
(N+)2 H4 O (O-)2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$NH_4^+$ Ammonium ion molecule 1 0.5 1 constituent cation main
$(NO_3)^-$ Nitrate anion chemical function 1 0.5 1 constituent anion main
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$H_4 >\mid N^+$ 1
$(NO_3)^-$ 1
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$>\mid N^+ \cdot O^{-}-$ 1
$\geq N^+-H$ 4 main
$\dddot - \dddot - N^+ \dddot - O^{-2/3}$ 3
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase name
Ammonium nitrate-IV [or IV-(NH4)NO3]
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Crystal class
dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol
mmm (D2h)
Crystal spacegroup
Pmmm
Texture
monocrystalline
Molar mass
80.043 $g/mol$
Density
1.725 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
biaxial
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
1.611 at 587.6 nm
Color
colorless, white, gray, brown
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent