Indeed. Normally the people suggesting propellant combinations with O3 are
trying their hardest to nominate the craziest-wackiest-scariest
combinations for laughs. Acetylene is another favourite for those games.
TP
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2021, Dr Edward Jones wrote:
If LOx is good, wouldn't liquid ozone be better?
That gets you the worst of both worlds: it's cryo, *and* it's an
monopropellant just waiting for an excuse to do a spectacular soloComposites
performance. In the case of *clean* nitrous near room temperature, the
excuse at least has to be a good one -- the nitrous in the Scaled
accident almost certainly had organic contamination -- but ozone is lessfussy.
Much better if all the heats of formation are negative until things mix inthe
chamber...right
Oh, and you have to make it rather than buy it, because nobody in his
mind will make it for you.
Henry