Purification of NH₄NO₃

Materials Required

• Source of ammonium nitrate! I'm using the cold packs. Recrystillization is necessary because NH₄NO₃ is a colorless solid. The stuff in the cold packs is green. The problem should seem obvious.

• The cold pack was opened while being careful not to puncture the bag of uterine fluid inside.
• The NH₄NO₃ was collected and massed, 88 g. It looks rather tastey.
• But not as tastey as this. That is one gargantuan mac.
• The NH₄NO₃ was placed in a beaker and to this was added 32 ml's of water. WAY TOO FUCKING MUCH. Stare in awe as the volume increases to about 100 ml. Very nice color!Put that flask on your balls for some chilled pleasure.
• Filter out the green garbage. Add the somewhat clearer solution to another beaker. Sell the green garbage on the black market for some easy cash.
• The solution was brought to a boil and was decreased to about 50 ml's.
• The super saturated solution was placed in the freezer and it became a huge block of NH₄NO₃. Shit. Now I've done it. You know how hard it was to remove those solid chunks of crystallized shit?
• I added more water to make it more fluid and grew angry as much of it dissolved. Kick the dog. Repeat the above mentioned and collect all the goodies. Dessicate those fuckers. More hygroscopic than a thirsty Arab lost in the desert.
• Lazily forget to take a melting point as I lazily forgot to buy another dessicator.

• NH₄NO₃ is very soluble. Chemfinder states it as 118 g/100 ml. In hot water it's even more soluble, a whole lot more. The idea here is to saturate the solution to its limit, or until you're bored of waiting for all the water to boil off. Then you reduce the temperature and watch as all the pretty crystals crash from the solution.
• The solution increased in volume because the ammonium nitrate was originally in its hydrated form; upon dissolving it it releases its crystals of hydration and so the volume increases.
• This stuff is explosive. I think at about 300*C it will detonate. Not very cool.
• Really hygroscopic! When trying to crystallize this stuff in the freezer it formed glass like shards that were a bitch to break up! Oh yeah, I mentioned that. What I forgot to mention is that you're a stupid fucking dumbass who enjoys the taste of urine on a hot day rather than iced tea. Yeah, and you think you're normal. Phh.