It burns quite happily underwater, or soaked in foam, it contains its own oxidiser. From Wordnik.com. [That's Why They Call It "Rocket Science"] Reference
To do that you need to carry the oxidiser with you and that increases the take-off weight to where a runway capable reusable craft with a reasonable payload becomes problematic. From Wordnik.com. [MACH-5 A2: Fly Sydney to Brussels in 4hrs – Emissions Free! | Inhabitat] Reference
Peroxide of hydrogen is a weak oxidiser, and therefore, although (p. 035) strong enough to destroy the colouring matter of the fibre is not strong enough to decompose the fibre itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics] Reference
Based on the circumstances surrounding the ban, I would suggest that it has to do with the amount of concentrated hydrogen peroxide necessary to make carbon/oxidiser explosives sufficient to down an airplane. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The World’s Youngest Suspected Terrorist] Reference
Ammonpulver Ammonpulver is a German name given to a low explosive fuel oxidiser mix containing solely ammonium nitrate and charcoal, this composition contains an enourmous amount of energy for a simple physical mix with power close to that of double base powder containing a considerable amount of nitroglycerine. From Wordnik.com. [The Makeshift Arsenal, by Lowry Version 1.2] Reference
Reliable oxidiser systems for effectively destroying volatile ... en Español. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
These characteristics between Ozone and Oxygen is why Ozone is way more powerful as an oxidiser. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive U - The new media voice for students] Reference
Projections for the top speed of a scramjet engine (without additional oxidiser input) vary between Mach 12 and Mach. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to How U.S. weapons technology is finding its way to Iran] Reference
One of the great inefficiencies of traditional staged-rocket to orbit is the need to drag a lot of heavy oxidiser through the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Projections for the top speed of a scramjet engine (without additional oxidiser input) vary between Mach 12 and Mach 24 (orbital velocity). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to How U.S. weapons technology is finding its way to Iran] Reference
An emulsion explosive comprises oil and an oxidiser (water phase), which are refined to produce a fine blend of droplets in a continuous oil phase. From Wordnik.com. [Mineweb - Daily news headlines] Reference
This will help to optimise the injector design, oxidiser streams into the fuel grain, radiation transfer, regression rates and rocket motor exhaust. From Wordnik.com. [Lockergnome] Reference
(CDC) found 15 brands of baby milk contained perchlorate, an oxidiser in solid fuels used in explosives, fireworks, road flares and rocket motors, the EWG said today. From Wordnik.com. [The Australian | News |] Reference
The partnership allows Spooner to design and manufacture oxidiser equipment in-house and offer industrial facilities a single source solution for their dryer, oven and air pollution control needs. From Wordnik.com. [edie.net - Latest News] Reference
Since most of a rocket's weight is taken up by oxidiser, one logical approach is to save weight by developing an engine that can use oxygen from the atmosphere to burn fuel at least part of the way. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Space] Reference
The engine uses liquid hydrogen at - 265°Celsius as fuel and liquid oxygen at - 240°C as oxidiser and cryogenic development is considered complex as involves very low temperatures of the propellants. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
Unlike the shuttle, it was an horizontal take-off and landing concept that used concepts like "heat exchangers, oxidiser cooled combustion chamber, or adaptive nozzles" instead of the classic rocket technology available at that time. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
Because to get nearly seven tons of engineering up to speed, they'll need one Rolls Royce jet engine (as used in the Typhoon fighter plane), one hybrid rocket running on solid fuel, and one V-12 engine to pump the liquid oxidiser into the rocket. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
Hartron-Arkos, confirmed that the ratio of fuel to oxidiser could be adjusted to improve the performance of the second stage engine, "ESA said in a press release. From Wordnik.com. [timesofmalta.com] Reference
With Challenger the shuttle itself was pretty well built to break up into intact components but because the explosion essentially immersed it in liquid fuel - propellant and oxidiser - the whole thing became a fireball because the shuttle was lower down on the fuel stack. ". From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Fuel-oxidiser explosion fueled by perchlorate!. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
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