New family of hydrophobic ionic liquid rocket propellants could replace hydrazine-based fuels

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By mmillikinDec 28, 2015, 6:09 am157 pts
Researchers in China have developed a family of hydrophobic borohydride-rich ionic liquids (ILs) which exhibit ultra-short ignition delay times as low as 1.7 milliseconds and the lowest viscosity (10 mPa·s) of hypergolic ionic liquids. The ILs thus show great potential as faster-igniting rocket fuels to…

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