0
Does frostbite occur when a cold pack is made from ammonium nitrate?
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoWant this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Example how a cold pack works?
Ammonium nitrate and water are in separate compartments in the cold pack. To activate the cold pack, you break the compartments in the pack so the ammonium nitrate and water mix. The ammonium nitrate absorbs all of the heat, making the water ice cold.
Why is ammonium nitrate salt famous?
Ammonium nitrate is a very common fertilizer; also used in explosives and cold packs.
Do Walgreen's cold pack contain ammoniun nitrate?
is there ammonium nitrate found in walgreens cold packs
Formula for ammonium nitrate?
The formula of ammonium nitrate is NH4NO3. By the way, to make ammonium nitrate, add nitric acid to ammonia. Ammonium nitrate is used commercially in instant cold packs.
What is ammonium nitrate and water?
You get ammonium ions (NH4+) and nitrate ions (NO3-) in solution. Also: It is also a common combination in cold packs. The Ammonium nitrate and the salt are in separate containers. When you squeeze the innermost container with the water in it, the two ingredients mix. As the Ammonium melts it gets cold.
What can be mixed to produce a very cold effect that doesn't give off an unsafe gas?
Instant cold packs use water and ammonium nitrate. The ammonium nitrate is a powder found inside the cold pack, and the water is inside a plastic container inside the cold pack. When the plastic container containing the water is broken and mixed with the ammonium nitrate, the water dissolves the ammonium nitrate, which is overall an endothermic reaction, causing the cold pack to get cold.
What solutes is most suitable for use in a cold pack ammonium nitrate sodium acetate ammonium chloride urea?
I suppose that the most suitable is the ammonium nitrate - NH4NO3.
What is in a cold pack?
Water and ammonium nitrate. When you break the tube of ammonium nitrate inside, it mixes with the water to cause an endothermic reaction that absorbs heat. That's why it gets cold.
Does ammonium nitrate absorb heat?
yes when disolved in water. It is in cold packs.
Which of these events occur when you walk out into the cold?
The most important way of preventing frostbite is to get out of the cold.
How can we make an efficient instant cold pack by using ammonium nitrate and water?
egg
Why does ammonium nitrate when dissolved in water ina beaker it becomes cold?
god wanted it that way
