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Article #6586Aluminum as Rocket Fuel?
From: Karl Dishaw
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:10
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:10
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I dug into my notes from Aero/Astro project lab, we tried to make a fuel feeder for an aluminum/oxygen rocket: Isp = 118 sec (after accounting for loss due to solid particles) Must run oxidizer-rich since Al2O3 is a solid. Main hazard--oxygen getting into Al storage tank. I'd love to see some info on the Wickman project. The Isp is too low to be really useful, but it would be great for circularizing orbits on mass driver-launched payloads, or maybe cheap transport on the lunar surface. Karl sold my soul to Uncle Sam . . . now marked down for resale.
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