Solid, hence the name. The propellant in the solid rocket boosters on the US Space Shuttle is composed of ammonium perchlorate, powdered aluminum, iron oxide, and a polymeric binder to hold it all together. There are other possible mixtures as well.
virtually any combination of an oxidizer and fuel can be used as rocket fuel
there are many different type of rocket fuel,
there are three primary types of chemical rockets
Liquid rockets-
Oxidizers:
LOX (liquid oxygen)
N2O2
Hydrogen Peroxide
Fuels:
hydrazine
gaseous Hydrogen
Liquid Hydrogen (cryogenic)
ammonia
RP-1 (similar to Kerosene)
Alcohol
Ethanol
Solid rockets-
Early solid rockets were used in ancient times as fireworks and weapons by the Chinese
they used black powder as fuel
modern solid rockets used a verity of fuels but the most common consist of:
Oxidizers:
Ammonium prechlorate
Ammonium Nitrate
Sodium nitrate
Potassium nitrate
Potassium perchlorate
Nitronium prechlorate
hybrid rockets-
hybrid rockets consists of a liquid oxidizer and a solid fuel most use a combination of the previously listed fuels some hybrids use Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas) and HTPB (a form of rubber) waxes can also be used as a fuel
other rocket motor types include
nuclear rockets (detonation rockets or radioactive hydrogen)
Electrostatic propulsion - Uses electrodes and Electrons to propel a spacecraft
they are low thrust high impulse engines
Ion rockets- use xenon or neon gas ions and electrodes to propel a spacecraft
they are low thrust high impulse engines
some conceptual rockets include
Anti-proton and positron antimatter rockets
Rockets use a self contained system of fuel and oxidants as there is no air for combustion once the rocket is out of the Earth's atmosphere. Typically this is a fuel such as hydrogen or letroleum distillates and an oxidant such as liquid oxygen or hydrazine. Alternately a solid rocket using a mixture of solid chemical oxidants and fuel is employed.
Jet engines are not useful as the weight to thrust ratio is poor, the fuel requirements are prohibitive and they would have to be discarded at some point in the flight.
Solid fuel, liquid fuel, and electrically charged particles of gas.
Another answer: If you want details of chemicals used, you could look at the Wikipedia page called "Rocket propellant".
There are a number of different rocket fuels in use. Some of the considerations for selecting a rocket fuel are;
1. How much energy per pound does the fuel contain?
2. What kind of storage and handling requirements does the fuel have?
3. Is the fuel stable on the launch pad?
For example, the Space Shuttle uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, both of which are extremely cold. Additionally, hydrogen is very difficult to keep confined; as the smallest atom, it will leak through impossibly small cracks. It has high energy content, but is touchy and requires a LOT of effort and maintenance. The Shuttle cannot be kept fuelled on the pad.
The SpaceX rocket uses kerosene, which has a lower energy per pound, but isn't as touchy and not as leaky.
The SpaceShipOne Anasari X-Prize rocket used a fuel made from recycled tires.
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Ammonia
Gas propellants generally aren't used, but you're probably thinking of liquid hydrogen. Hydrazine and kerosene are also frequently used.
There are a number of options. NASA often tries to employ exotic fuels, with significant problems in transportation and maintenance. Most commonly used are liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
Some are solid fuels, similar to gunpowder. Some are liquid fuels, such as alcohol, kerosene or liquid hydrogen.
They are very rarely used.
Both liquid and solid fuel rockets are used for manned flight today.
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Robert Goddard created and launched the first liquid fueled rocket on March 16, 1926. This was the origin of rocketry as we know it today. For this he is called the father of modern rocketry.
Both liquid and solid fuel rockets are used for manned flight today.
Primarily there are two types of fuels used in most rockets today. The space shuttle, at liftoff, uses both. Solid fuel and liquid fuel. Solid fuel rockets are much like the bottle rockets you can buy in a fireworks store. Once they are lit, the burn all of the fuel available and then burn out. The 2 white rockets on the side of the orange tank holding the space shuttle are Solid Rocket Boosters. The large orange tank that holds the space shuttle is full of liquid full that the shuttle uses as it lifts off into space. That fuel is actually liquid.
Created the V-2 rocket (in Germany called the A-4) was small by comparison to today's rockets. It achieved its great thrust by burning a mixture of liquid oxygen and alcohol at a rate of about one ton every seven seconds.
Liquid oxygen
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The British began using rockets as weapons in the late 1700's, but they were inaccurate in their aim. The main purpose for the Brit's using rockets was to reduce enemy morale. The Tippoo Sultan of Mysore, India famously used 1000's of rockets in defending Seringapatam (a huge well defended fortress) against the British in 1799. Editor's Note: The rockets were used by the Brits to siege ports. Isaac Newton was the developer of the rockets they used. Another fellow improved the rockets adding the fins so they would spin into the direction they wanted to the rockets to go. This technology is still used today. Rockets are still used for "shock and awe" or to confuse the enemy. We use rockets now primarily to send satellites into outer space.
The first rockets were invented in China sometime between the 9th and 13th centuries (A.D). These were black powder rockets that were essentially what we would call fireworks today, but were technically what are known as solid fuel rockets.The Russian Konstantine Tsiolkovsky was the first to seriously propose a liquid fueled rocket in 1903.
Rockets, help us today because they can take us to space which is miles away from Earth. We don't use space shuttles today because they use up all their gas really quickly and it takes a long time to get to space by space shuttles so instead of space shuttles we have rockets that help us today to get to space.
Rockets, help us today because they can take us to space which is miles away from Earth. We don't use space shuttles today because they use up all their gas really quickly and it takes a long time to get to space by space shuttles so instead of space shuttles we have rockets that help us today to get to space.
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Rockets, help us today because they can take us to space which is miles away from Earth. We don't use space shuttles today because they use up all their gas really quickly and it takes a long time to get to space by space shuttles so instead of space shuttles we have rockets that help us today to get to space.