[Shotimes] Re: Hot Wheels, NJ Style

[Paul Nimz]

Don't they use ~90% H2O2 blown through a platinum catalyst to power rocket
motors used at Bonneville?

Paul

On 12/18/2005 7:13:14 PM, monsieurboo@aol.com wrote:
> Probably they meant it in the sense that each two molecules of it  do
> decompose (very energetically) into 2 H2O and an O2.   On  the other hand
> you
> don't
> want to drip any of it onto your shoes, as they will  catch fire.
>
> Yes, it's
> quite a hazmat in its purified state and
> there's an ongoing holy
> war among big mojo rocketry folks regarding H2O2 vs LOX.  You may  recall a
few
> months back a lorry blew up quite spectacularly on a British  highway.
Turns
> out it was carrying casks of hi-test H2O2 from a  Swedish "distillery" to
an
> amateur rocketeer in England.   The  shipping protocol has since been
modified
> ;-)
>
> Cheers
> Mark LaBarre
> 94 atx 135k
>
>
> > Eco-friendly hydrogyn peroxide?  I think the seller has no clue  why it's
>
> all
> > done in stainless steel.  Hydrogyn fueling stations  sound downright
> friendly
> > compared to that stuff.
>
> --  Bob
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