Ammonium ozonide
Ammonium ozonide is an oxygen rich compound with the formula. This salt consists of ammonium cations and ozonide anions. Ammonium ozonide, like alkali ozonides, is a deep red solid. Ammonium ozonide is stable at low temperatures, but it decomposes to ammonium nitrate at temperatures above −70 °C.
Preparation and decomposition
Ammonium ozonide is made by bubbling gaseous ozone through liquid ammonia at −110 °C. This method suffers from a low yield.Ammonium ozonide decomposes into ammonium nitrate, oxygen gas, and water. If the above reaction is done at high temperatures, these decomposition products result immediately and no ozonide is formed.