Anhydrous cerous nitrate-ammonium nitrate complex and a process for its preparation from ceric ammonium nitrate

摘要

A procedure for preparing anhydrous cerous nitrate ammonium nitrate complex comprising treating dried anhydrous ceric hexanitro ammonium complex (ceric ammonium nitrate) with a reducing agent such as ammonia whereby Ce.sup.+4 is reduced to Ce.sup.+3 under anhydrous conditions. The resulting Ce.sup.+3 species, a complex of Ce.sup.+3 nitrate and ammonia nitrate, can be used as a source of anhydrous Ce.sup.+ 3 ions.