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Hydrazine from Ammonium Nitrate?

xxxxx - 29-4-2024 at 16:11

Hi, Sciencemadness,

I was interested in whether it might be possible to hydrogenate ammonium nitrate to hydrazine using a platinum or other suitable catalyst in a suitable solvent.

xxxxx

bnull - 29-4-2024 at 18:00

As far as I remember, no. Hydrogenation will convert nitrate to ammonia.