rocket-exhaust gases

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• Rocket propellant — is mass that is stored, usually in some form of propellant tank, prior to being used as the propulsive mass that is ejected from a rocket engine in the form of a fluid jet to produce thrust.Chemical rocket propellants are most commonly used,… …   Wikipedia

• Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) …   Wikipedia

• Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …   Wikipedia

• Rocket engine nozzle — A rocket engine nozzle is a propelling nozzle usually of the de Laval type used in a rocket engine to expand and accelerate the combustion gases, from burning propellants, so that the exhaust gases exit the nozzle at hypersonic… …   Wikipedia

• rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction       any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion.       Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …   Universalium

• Exhaust gas — A diesel powered truck emits a large amount of exhaust gas while starting its engine. Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline/petrol, diesel fuel, fuel oil or coal. According to the… …   Wikipedia

• exhaust velocity — Rocketry. the velocity, relative to a rocket, at which exhaust gases leave the nozzle of the rocket s engine. * * * exhaust velocity, the speed at which burning gases leave the combustion chamber of a rocket …   Useful english dictionary

• exhaust velocity — Rocketry. the velocity, relative to a rocket, at which exhaust gases leave the nozzle of the rocket s engine. * * * …   Universalium

• rocket — I. noun Etymology: Middle French roquette, from Old Italian rochetta, diminutive of ruca arugula, from Latin eruca Date: 1530 any of several plants of the mustard family: as a. arugula b. dame s rocket II. noun Usage: often attributive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Solid-fuel rocket — A solid rocket or a solid fuel rocket is a rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). The earliest rockets were solid fueled, powered by gunpowder, used by the Chinese and Arabs in warfare as early as the 13th century. All… …   Wikipedia

• Stephenson's Rocket — was an early steam locomotive of 0 2 2 wheel arrangement, built in Newcastle at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829. Design innovations A common misconception is that Rocket was the first steam locomotive. In fact the… …   Wikipedia