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Ah, the old pop-tart solid rocket booster. Sugar is a good propellant (though you’ll need an oxidiser if you’re going far up). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-propellant_rocket#%22Can...
Ah, the old pop-tart solid rocket booster. Sugar is a good propellant (though you’ll need an oxidiser if you’re going far up). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-propellant_rocket#%22Can...
I know sugar is hypergolic with Potassium Bromate, but I wonder if it's hypergolic with RFNA? That would be amazing... if stupidly dangerous.
Isn't this one of those substances that is hypergolic with everything around them, including air, water, and test engineers?
We teach our Scouts how Doritos make excellent firestarters. Of course, you only need one or two to star a fire, yet a large family-size sack is required for a typical Scouts meeting.
Cheez-its also work very well, and are easy to store in an altoids tin
We teach our Scouts how Doritos make excellent firestarters. Of course, you only need one or two to star a fire, yet a large family-size sack is required for a typical Scouts meeting.
That made me laugh out loud. This research paper could make for a pretty good intro to scientific writing example for any of your 101s.
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I know sugar is hypergolic with Potassium Bromate, but I wonder if it's hypergolic with RFNA? That would be amazing... if stupidly dangerous.
> RFNA Isn't this one of those substances that is hypergolic with everything around them, including air, water, and test engineers?
But my god man, think of the specific impulse! ;)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know sugar is hypergolic with Potassium Bromate, but I wonder if it's hypergolic with RFNA? That would be amazing... if stupidly dangerous.
> RFNA Isn't this one of those substances that is hypergolic with everything around them, including air, water, and test engineers?
[1] https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-yo...
Since everything is no longer sugar but government subsidized high-fructose-corn-syrup does this even work anymore?
High fructose corn syrup is sugar, and is very similar to table sugar (sucrose). It's about 42% fructose and 58% glucose, while table sugar (sucrose) is a disaccharide, of fructose and glucose bonded together in a 1:1 ratio, so table sugar ends up having slightly more fructose and slightly less glucose.