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• liquid propellant — a rocket propellant in liquid form. Cf. solid propellant. * * * liquid propellant, a liquid fuel used in a rocket engine. It contains its own oxygen or combines with oxygen usually released from a separate tank …   Useful english dictionary

• liquid propellant — a rocket propellant in liquid form. Cf. solid propellant. * * * …   Universalium

• Liquid rocket — A liquid rocket is a rocket with an engine that uses propellants in liquid form. Liquids are desirable because their reasonably high density allows the volume and hence the mass of the tanks to be relatively low, resulting in a high mass ratio.… …   Wikipedia

• Propellant — A propellant is a material that is used to move ( propel ) an object. This will often involve a chemical reaction. It may be a gas, liquid, plasma, or, before the chemical reaction, a solid.Common chemical propellants consist of a fuel, like… …   Wikipedia

• Liquid rocket propellants — The highest specific impulse chemical rockets use liquid propellants. This type of propellent has a long history going back to the first rockets and is still in use in for example the Space Shuttle and Ariane 5. History Early developmentOn March… …   Wikipedia

• solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer. Cf. liquid propellant. * * * solid propellant noun (space) Rocket propellant in solid state, usu in caked, plastic like form • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer. Cf. liquid propellant. * * * …   Universalium

• Solid rocket booster — Solid rocket boosters (SRB) (or motors, SRM) are used to provide the main thrust in spacecraft launches from the launchpad up to burnout of the SRBs. Many launch vehicles include SRBs, including the Ariane 5, Atlas V, and the NASA Space Shuttle.… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• propellant — /preuh pel euhnt/, n. 1. a propelling agent. 2. the charge of explosive used to propel the projectile from a gun. 3. a substance, usually a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, for propelling a rocket. 4. a compressed inert gas that serves to dispense… …   Universalium

• Liquid oxygen — This article is about the liquid form of the element oxygen. For the commercial product, see Liquid Oxygen (supplement). LOX redirects here. For other uses, see Lox (disambiguation). The blue colour of liquid oxygen in a dewar flask Liquid oxygen …   Wikipedia