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For liquid fuel systems it may be: "Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen - used in the Space Shuttle main engines * Gasoline and liquid oxygen - used in Goddard's early rockets * Kerosene and liquid oxygen - used on the first stage of the large Saturn V boosters in the Apollo program * Alcohol and liquid oxygen - used in the German V2 rockets * Nitrogen tetroxide/monomethyl hydrazine - used in the Cassini engines".
For solid fuel rocks, it may be a mixture of 72% nitrate, 24% carbon and 4% sulfur. See the link for more info. If you mean the stuff that is used in the giant fuel tank that is attached to a departing space shuttle, then it is almost entirely liquid O2 (liquid oxygen). However "rocket fuel" is defined as: Any of the substances or mixtures of substances that can burn rapidly with controlled combustion to produce large volumes of gas at high pressures and temperatures; includes monopropellants (hydrogen peroxide and hydrazine), liquid bipropellant fuels (organic fuel and oxidizer), and solid propellants (mixed oxidizer-fuel in a propellant grain).
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∙ 10y agoSmaller ones use primarily Black Powder, while the large ones generally use an ammonium perchlorate composite propellant, not unlike that used in the Solid Rocket Boosters, with the Space Shuttle launch system.
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∙ 13y agoThere are two kinds of solid fuels commonly in use today. The first is a mixture of black powder and solid sulfur. The second is called composite rocket fuel, since it's so much newer, it's very similar to synthetic rubber. Composite fuels are much lighter than powder is. Aerotech Industries manufactures many composite fuel motors, and Estes Model Rockets makes powder motors.
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∙ 13y agoThere are several different fuel types available but for the propellant used on the U.S. space shuttles booster rockets is made of a substance known as Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant, or APCP.
Its ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer, 69.6%), aluminum (fuel, 16%), iron oxide catalyst (0.4%), a polymer such as PBAN or HTPB, which holds the mixture together and acts also as secondary fuel (12%), and an epoxy curing agent (2%).
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∙ 13y agoProbably by the Chinese using sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate (salt petre), better known as black powder or gunpowder.
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∙ 13y agoMercury as well as phosphorus.
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Does the length of a model rocket affect its distance?
It can. The design of the fuselage could affect the range: a long fuselage may be less rigid and so reduce the range. However, the fuselage needs to contain all the fuel and if the fuselage is too short the model may not contain much fuel. Alternatively, the fuselage will be short and squat which will reduce its aerodynamics and the increased drag will reduce the range.
Is helium in rocket fuel?
yes
How much fuel does a rocket carry?
A large rocket holds a lot of fuel, a small rocket holds less.
Which is a liquid fuel used in rocket engines?
AMMONIA
What is a type of motor that burns fuel without air?
A rocket motor (rocket engine) does not need air from the atmosphere. It carries the oxidant (source of oxygen) as well as the fuel.
What would model rocket fuel be described as?
Modern model rocket fuel is a solid fuel.
What fuel is in a model rocket engine?
Solid fuel
What is model rocket fuel?
Please see related link below.
What can be made from oxygen?
Rocket Fuel. Ozone. Air.
How many types of rockets are there?
There are two main types of rocket engines: Solid fuel and liquid fuel. Liquid fuel rocket engines are usually considered significantly better than solid propulsion units, however, they are also significantly more expensive.
Can model rocket fuel be used to make bottle rockets?
"Model rocket fuel" is basically in the form of single-shot engines. You could, I suppose, strap one to a stick and call it a "bottle rocket", but I don't think it would fly very well (and the engine would likely burn off the stick).
What are some suggestions for model rocket fuel?
somethinjg that burns good, soaked in gas, and compressed.
Will a model rocket engine respond differently to other chemicals than rocket fuel?
Yes, yes it will. How it will respond will depend primarily on the chemicals used.
Are the solid fuel rocket or the liquid fuel rocket faster?
liquid fuel
When did Robert Goddard launch the first liqued-fuel rocket?
The fisrt liquid fuel was made in 1926
What does a model rocket use to over come weight?
Thrust (due to solid or liquid fuel burning)
What is the fuel tank capacity of the BSA Rocket 3?
The fuel tank capacity for the BSA Rocket 3 would be about 2.5 Gallons although they are rare to find. This is for an old model from 1969 that the tank was found for sale.
