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Order of Reaction in the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Nitrate

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BARCLAY, K., CREWE, J. & SMITH, E. Order of Reaction in the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Nitrate. Nature 198, 1054–1055 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981054a0

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