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Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen are used as rocket fuel, oxygen gas is used by the astronauts to breath.
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What is the use of oxygen in the rockets?
It is used as oxidant in the rockets.
What is the difference between water rockets and modern rockets?
Water rockets use water and air modern rockets use thrust and oxygen.
What do rockets use?
Hydrogen and oxygen as fuel
What two fuels that rockets use and space shuttles?
Oxygen and hydrogen
What gases do rockets use when they take off?
they are hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen
Where do some rockets get their oxygen from?
Liquid fueled rockets get it from liquid oxygen, and solid fueled rockets get it from and oxidized metal.
Where do fireworks and space rockets get their oxygen from?
They take it with them in some form or another. Fireworks use oxidizing salts such as various nitrates and chlorates. Solid fuel rockets generally use ammonium perchlorate as an oxidizer while liquid fuel rockets carry liquid oxygen.
Why do rockets designed for space travel use oxygen as part of their fuel systems?
Rockets designed for space travel use oxygen as part of their fuel systems because the oxygen aids the combustion by acting as an electron acceptor. Liquid oxygen may also be used in rocket fuel sometimes.
Why do rockets use liquid nitrogen?
Rockets typically use Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen for fuel. I suspect this is what you are asking. I know of no rocket that uses liquid nitrogen.
Does rockets use fossil fuels?
Yes, they use fossil fuels and they use liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
Why do rockets engines in space have to carry their own oxygen?
Fire needs oxygen in order to burn, and there is no oxygen in space, so rockets must take oxygen with them.
How do rockets get oxygen?
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