John Carmack wrote:
> It is conceivable that a hypergolic propellent combination could work with
> 70% peroxide. I don't think the magnesium acetate in isopropyl alcohol
> hypergolic fuel would work like this, because I believe it is still relying
> on the heat of decomposition for ignition, but an actual chemical ignition
> may still proceed.
Do you mean manganese acetate?
Potassium permanganate is fairly soluble in acetone (and acetone is
more stable than alcohols to oxidation by permanganate; hot acetone +
permanganate is used in organic syntheses to convert alcohols to
carboxylic acids). I've wondered if that would be hypergolic with
peroxide.
Paul
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