John wrote, > It is an interesting question. I don't think a > mixture of nitrous oxide and hydrogen gas would > react on a catalyst, because usually nitrous > requires elevated temperature to decompose into > nitrogen and oxygen, which then reacts. Nitrous > by itself isn't really an oxidizer.
Ok, thanks for the info, that'll help a bit. So, I guess my other question is, what other fuels than hydrogen will catalytically react with air (instead of nitrous) at room temperature when using a platinum based catalyst? Also, how much does the platinum plated foil catalyst you're using cost? Is it really spendy, or reasonable? > On the other hand, there has been work (not > successful, AFAIK in rocketry) to catalyze the > decomposition, of nitrous, rather than relying > on thermal decomposition, but I don't know if > platinum based catalysts do it. I have been > tempted to try flowing nitrous over our preheated > catalysts to see if it runs as a monoprop. That would be an interesting experiment. If you get the chance to try it, let us know if it works. Thanks for the help, ~Jon _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
