"John H. Dom" wrote:
> 
> > it'd be interesting to see what ammount of kerosene or some other chemical
> would be needed to make the powder into something liquid like. ..or hmmm
> H202 + Al2O3 hybrid anybody?
> 
> IIRC a hydride mix or similar was used as a fire starter liquid in Apollo
> F1's LOX/kero.

Actually it was a mixture of metal/organic compounds - triethyl aluminum
and triethyl boron IIRC. (Ignites spontaneously on contact with O2 at any
temperature... even cryogenic.)

-dave w
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