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Water as an oxidant?
The following small item appeared in the Feb, 1967 (V9,N2) issue of
"Spaceflight": "United Technology Center scientists have announced the successful test-firing of a small rocket motor which uses water as an oxidant in conjunction with a solid fuel. Combustion occurs instantaneouslywhen water is sprayed into the hollow core of the solid fuel grain. Chemicals in the fuel react violently with the water, generating 4000°F gases which are expelled through a nozzle to produce thrust. Composition of the fuel is being kept secret." Is the composition still secret almost 40 years later? Does anyone have any thoughts on what elements this solid fuel would have to have? I half suspect that the water is acting as a catalyst/working fluid and not as an oxidizer. Jim Davis |
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