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Propellant

sathor - 10-12-2004 at 14:54

Hi, i am trying to make a rocket, i am searching the best propellant and i think that hypergolic propelant is the best,anhydrous hydrazine, but it is dangerous and hard to make. I saw at encarta that anilines are good hypergolic propellants but i havent got any idea that how i can obtain it. I like H2 and O2 but freeze it...
Thanks

Ref:Rocket Propellant

solo - 10-12-2004 at 15:19

You might try the search function with "rocket propellant " you will find some threads on the subject, such as this one.......solo
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Mood: perchloric!


posted on 9-11-2003 at 11:17 AM


Well, funny you should mention it, but me!
Tetramethylammonium perchlorate - its a white solid powder and is very easy to make from TMA hydroxide and aqueous HClO4.
Its another very interesting compound having both fuel and oxidiser in the same molecule and is an ideal rocket fuel! In fact it is the sole constituent, to my knowledge, in mini-rockets (the whistling ones that are readily available in the UK).
It does not explode (unless confined) when ignited, but burns very quickly and cleanly leaving very little residue and making no smoke.


[Edited on 10-12-2004 by solo]

tokat - 13-12-2004 at 21:42

"hypergolic propelant " does that mean when two propelant mix, they will ignite?

yes

sathor - 14-12-2004 at 08:06

Yes it is but i want to know which hypergolic propellent is best, there are many posts about hydrazina but it sounds impossible to make at home...
and i think aniline is easiest to make and less hazardous....
thanks

Esplosivo - 14-12-2004 at 08:12

Aniline is phenylamine. It is usually prepared in the lab by reducing nitrobenzene with an Sn/HCl mixture. It is seperated from this mixture by fractional distillation and obtained as a pure, colourless liquid with a pungent odour. I would like to hear how this phenylamine is supposed to act as a hypergolic propellant. It is quite expensive as a lba reagant, it is toxic and most probably a mutagen IIRC.

then...

sathor - 14-12-2004 at 08:17

then... aniline isn't a propellant?
i think it is, but i haven't verified, i have a question...¿any member of this forum has made hypergolic hydrazine?

and

sathor - 14-12-2004 at 08:33

and can you explain me what differences are between anhydrous hydrazine and hydrazine hydrate
Thanks

Phel - 14-12-2004 at 08:52

Hydrazine hydrate is N2H4*H2O, while anhydrous is "dry" - without the water.

yes

sathor - 14-12-2004 at 08:56

yes and then it is more reactive and descomposes faster, then its best propellant ¿no?
The hidrate of hydrazine is a good propellant?

vulture - 14-12-2004 at 11:55

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