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What is the difference between solid rockets and liquid rockets?
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∙ 15y ago
There are two main types of rockets: liquid-fuel and solid-fuel. Liquid-fuel rockets consist of a fuel and oxygen (or other oxidizer) in liquid state. They are combined in a combustion chamber and ignited. The fuel flow to the engine can be controlled, the amount of thrust produced can be regulated and the engine can be turned off or on as needed. Solid-fuel rockets consist of a fuel and oxidizer that are pre-mixed in a solid form. Once the solid fuel is ignited, the resulting thrust cannot be regulated or turned off. This fuel system is simpler, safer, and cheaper-but less efficient-than that of a liquid-fuel rocket.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agosolid rockets use blackpowder to propel the rocket, while water (and pressure) propels liquid rockets
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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.
What are the two main types of rockets?
The two main types of rockets are, Solid Fuel and Liquid Fuel
What are three main types of rockets that power modern spacecrafts?
The three kinds of rockets are solid fuel rockets, liquid fuel rockets, and ion powered rockets.
Why are some rockets fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen?
unlike solid fuel, liquid fueled rockets are capable of being throttled, shut down, and restarted.
How do you compare and contrast solid fuel liquid fuel and iron rockets?
Liquidcan be throttled. Solids can't. Liquid can be restarted (turned off and on again). Solids can't.
What is the difference between solid propellant and liquid propellant rockets?
The Shuttle uses both. The outer rockets on the main body are aluminum oxide. Once lit you are on. In the big container sits a lot of separated liquid Oxygen and liquid Hydrogen. When mixed at the output nozzles, a steerable, controllable jet of very hot water is let go. The difference being solid rockets go on then off. The liquid ones are controllable.
What is difference in volumes between liquid nitrogen and solid nitrogen?
is there a chemical difference between the solid and liquid states of nitrogen
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.
Difference between solid liquid and gases in fluidity?
What is the difference between solid and gas in terms of their fluidity
What is the difference in mass between a solid and a liquid?
A solid and liquid have the same mass if the amount is the same.
Compare the payloads of ancient and modern rockets?
it's the comparison between the fuels used, solid / liquid
What is the difference between solid and liquid fat?
temperature
What is the difference between soild and liquid fuel rocket engines?
A solid fuel rocket engine is just what it sounds like. The fuel inside the rocket is completely solid. In a liquid fuel rocket the fuel is a liquid. Bottle Rockets that you can buy in many stores are fueled with Solid Fuel. Most liquid fuel rockets contain 2 different types of fuel. Once that fuel is mixed and ignited you get your thrust.
What is the difference between liquid and solid steel?
the only difference is the energy of the atoms
What is the difference between solid and liquid is the kind of atoms in the material?
The atoms in a solid are in a tighter formation that as they are in a liquid. In a liquid, They are loose and have the ability to pour.
What is the difference between the molecules in a hot solid and hot liquid?
The molecules in a solid vibrate in place. The molecules of a liquid are moving about.
Which rocket is older solid fuel rockets or liquid fuel rockets?
The earliest rockets--i.e., those built by the Chinese as early as the 14 century--used solid fuel.
