On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, atek3 wrote:
the nazi's were using silver instead of platinum in their WWII experimental jets, and some jet packs use H2O2 and silver as their power source. and given the difference in price, silver is a bargain.
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but i think your main problem would be H2O2. The stuff used in rockets is 100%, in english we call it an explosive oxidizer. A spill of 35% H2O2 will bleach your skin faster than you can say fuck, 100% is just nuts. Producing it is a bitch too. This isn't ur average fermentation of ethanol. to make h2o2 you have to aquire a few questionable chemicals, such as 2-pentyl-anthraquinone. Not to mention you need pure hydrogen and oxygen. Also there dangers in raising the concentration from working 40% to dangerous but useful 100%.
Yep, it's not something for kiddies, old ladies, or the weak of heart. It's corrosiveness (not to mention build of O2 as 2H202 breaks down into 02 + 2H20) can be problematic. Consider the reaction of say regular mechanic rags and diesel and some grades of grease under enhanced O2 conditions. It's the reason I stated a few weeks was the maximum 'hold time'. After that metals, plastics, rubbers, etc. start to come apart. Actually you can make H2O2 using electricity also. It's a natural byproduct of the ionization of saturated air by lightning. Lab setups could be built using Tesla types of technology. You also get a lot of ozone. I don't know if anyone has ever worked with liquid ozone as an oxidizer (hmmm????). I'd probably use a more conventional, perhaps surplus, airframe as the booster. Of course another alternative is Liquid Oxygen and Gasoline/Diesel. ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------