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RE: more maniacal ravings

To: "gary baker" <lsr350@hotmail.com>, "list"
Subject: RE: more maniacal ravings
From: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:47:54 -0500
Gary:
are you calling us all "sandwitch spread"?

I remember "back in the day"-- mid '60s, I think, when jet dragster
exhibitions were all the rage at the bigger strips-- some guys built an H2O2
(hydrogen peroxide) rocket car, using a wire screen catalyist.  Silver, I
think, but it might have been platinum.  Incredible performance, according
to the article I read (Hot Rod?  Pop Sci?).  Very small, as I remember.  I
never saw it run, nor heard any more about it.  Made me want to build a
positive-displacement engine using the same heat source.  Maybe someone else
on the list knows more about that car.
Russ

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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of gary baker
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:02 AM
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Subject: more maniacal ravings


G'day vegimites

Hydrazine N2H4 no reaction with H2O or alcohol ,sensitive and possible
explosion with nitro methane , nitrobenzene reacts spontaneously and
violently
with concentrated hydrogen peroxide , sodium permanganate, fuming nitric
acid
and tetranitromethane   no reaction with liquid oxygen becomes unstable at
elevated temps , no reactions with common fabricating metals but effects
rubber ( natural or synthetic )
good oxidizing agents concentrated hydrogen peroxide ,dinitrogen tetroxide
and
fuming nitric acid which has a 63.5 % weight of oxygen
If you use concentrated hydrogen peroxide  above 90 % and pass it through a
platinum or silver catalyst it produces super heated steam and oxygen ( mono
propellent ) which we could use for these off the wall uses ,power a
HUMUNGUS
supercharger/turbo charger  and feed the steam and o2 through a condenser
separate the water and feed the o2 back into the combustion process or set
up
booster rockets which can produce 1500 lbs thrust with relatively small
units
for that extra umph through the timing traps  struth I really like this idea
think I'll go and build meself a hydrogen peroxide powered cycle
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