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  2. Zip fuel - Wikipedia

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    Zip fuel research led to the use of triethylborane as an ignition agent for the JP-7 fuel used in the SR-71 Blackbird. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] One potentially lasting relic of the HEF program is an abandoned dirt airfield outside Boron, California .

  3. Pentaborane (9) - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the most common boron hydride clusters, although it is a highly reactive compound. Because of its high reactivity with oxygen, it was once evaluated as rocket or jet fuel. Like many of the smaller boron hydrides, pentaborane is colourless, diamagnetic, and volatile. It is related to pentaborane(11) (B 5 H 11).

  4. Energy density Extended Reference Table - Wikipedia

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    battery, Hydrogen closed cycle H fuel cell [17] 1.62: Hydrazine decomposition (as monopropellant) 1.6: 1.6: Ammonium nitrate decomposition (as monopropellant) 1.4: 2.5: Thermal Energy Capacity of Molten Salt: 1 [citation needed] 98% [18] Molecular spring approximate [citation needed] 1: battery, Lithium–Manganese [19] [20] 0.83-1.01: 1.98-2. ...

  5. Jet fuel - Wikipedia

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    Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines. It is colorless to straw-colored in appearance. The most commonly used fuels for commercial aviation are Jet A and Jet A-1, which are produced to a standardized international specification.

  6. JP-10 (fuel) - Wikipedia

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    JP-10 (Jet Propellant 10) is a synthetic jet fuel, specified and used mainly as fuel in missiles. Being designed for military purposes, it is not a kerosene based fuel. Developed to be a gas turbine fuel for cruise missiles , [ 1 ] it contains mainly exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene (exo-THDCPD) with some endo-isomer impurity. [ 2 ]

  7. Chemical used in rocket fuel, missiles found in various foods ...

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    The highest levels of the chemical were found in popular baby and kid foods, which can lead to thyroid hormone issues, the report found.

  8. U.S. gas prices in 2024: how much is gasoline in each state?

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    The current national gas price average is $3.62 per gallon. The average cost of gas has decreased 15% in the last two years, from when it was $4.27 per gallon .

  9. Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant - Wikipedia

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    Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant (APCP) is a solid rocket propellant.It differs from many traditional solid rocket propellants such as black powder or zinc-sulfur, not only in chemical composition and overall performance but also by being cast into shape, as opposed to powder pressing as with black powder.