Since this unobtainium thread goes on. This may have been posted by someone
else before:
Noble gas compounds are new and literature about such only started in the
sixties. Like peroxide the xenic acid oxidizer decomposes to a big volume of
gas. Xe, O2 and possibly steam if the decomposition heat is sufficient (see
Wiki stoichiometry) . Which is doubtful because it is much heavier molecule
than H2O2.
As to the use of acids in liquid propellants in general, I can only think of
nitric acid and similar oxidizers like RFNA and WFNA.
jd
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Subject: [AR] Re: MXP-351 propellant
Care to share the bulk density?
Cool work and thanks for sharing what you have so far. Always neat to see what
people are up to.
On Oct 11, 2016 11:44, "David Masten" <dmasten@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not the person behind the @mastenspace account, and all you asked for was
the ingredients. ;-)
I don't have much to add besides what all we've now tweeted out, but for those
not on twitter, here is what was tweeted:
MXP-351 can get within 90 - 95% of the theoretical Isp of a traditional NTO/MMH
bipropellant. We plan to use it for our small moon landers
Theoretical Isp:322s vs 336 for NTO
Both propellants nontoxic. Splash protection & simple chem respirator 2 handle
Storage duration: long-term study is ongoing - current estimate is a few years
And a couple of videos:
https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785857465296584706
https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785857091626012672
Dave
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On 10/11/2016 9:05 AM, George William Herbert wrote:
Oh, come on, you tweeted more than that... 8-)
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On Oct 11, 2016, at 8:48 AM, David Masten <dmasten@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A fuel and an oxidizer, to be mixed inside a combustion chamber. ;-)
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On 10/11/2016 8:17 AM, George William Herbert wrote:
Ok, Dave, spill some beans 8-). What's in MXP-351?
https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/785856508898803713
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