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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 04:39
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 04:39
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In article <C0B81q.K56.1@cs.cmu.edu> pgf@srl03.cacs.usl.edu ("Phil G. Fraering") writes:
>\... I know titanium will burn fiercely in nitrogen (in fact,
>/the ash from titanium burning in air is about 80% titanium nitride).
>
>Titanium nitride... is that Ti N
> x y
>or something along the lines of Ti N O ?
> x y z
>
>In short, is this something that will happen without oxygen whatsoever?
Yes. Titanium will burn just about as vigorously in pure nitrogen as
in air. I expect the nitride is Ti3N4, although I'm not sure of that.
A Ti-N-O compound would be a nitrate or nitrite, not a nitride.
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Aluminum as rocket fuel Message-ID: <C0BBL8.DG3@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 04:39:07 GMT References: <C0B81q.K56.1@cs.cmu.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 18