Wings Forum Forum for homebuilt experimental & light sport aircraft pilots, owners, & builders.   ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.23.08): Hydrazine Click here to go to the original topic          Wings Forum Forum Index -> General Aviation News View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message RSS News Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 14400 Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:38 am    Post subject: ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.23.08): Hydrazine   Aero-Terms! A rocket fuel which burns spontaneously with nitric acid or nitrogen tetroxide. Can also be used as a mono-propellant: when passed through an iridium-bearing catalyst, it decomposes at high temperature into constituent gases of ammonia, nitrogen and hydrogen. Used in small thrusters for orbit modification and attitude control of spacecraft. Also see MMH and UDMH. Read more... Back to top            Wings Forum Forum Index -> General Aviation News Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB Search Engine Indexer Powered by phpBB 2.0.22 © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group