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Propane/LOX Exhaust Color
Just a detail to fill out a fictional rocket description...
I've done some homework on rocket exhaust colors, but flame colors from rocket engines seem to be complex. Like, kerosene introduced to a combustion chamber as a vapor produces a nearly colorless flame (e.g., H2O2/kerosene engines), while kerosene/LOX in the F1 is a bright yellow (with that characteristic black near the nozzle from the sooty turbine exhaust). So, what would be the color (if any) of a slightly fuel-rich propane/LOX rocket with regenetive cooling and a propane-driven expander cycle turbopump (the fuel and oxygen are both completely vaporized upon entry to the reaction chamber)? A faint blue? Some yellow toward the tip as incompletely burned fuel mixes with atmospheric oxygen? Mike Miller |
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