[AR] Re: Nitrating C60
- From: Ian Woollard <ian.woollard@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:13:06 +0000
Actually, a *really* impressive fuel would be if you could make bubbles out
of carbon, like big buckyballs; but stuff them full of high pressure
methane.
That way you'd have the hydrogen in the methane and the buckyballs would be
flammable anyway. Most of the pressure would be, not in the tank, but in
the walls of the buckballs.
In principle, that would give you really, really good density and pretty
decent ISP, and unlike liquid methane such fuel probably doesn't need to be
cryogenic.
I don't know whether you could make it from fullerine in hot, high pressure
methane; maybe the methane would force its way inside without the
buckyballs disintegrating or something.
Still, buckminster fullerine is not cheap per tonne I guess, unless you
could get large fullerines C100s it's probably too expensive.
On 10 March 2015 at 10:54, Stephen Burns <stephen.burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "The article just describes computer simulations"
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> They only have a computer simulation. I went looking for
> Buckminsterfullerene in the internet and found this a product-
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> http://owndoc.com/anti-aging/buy-buckminsterfullerene-c60-natural-anti-aging
> /
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> Both concepts probably as valid as a unicorn, but the second mob have a
> better marketing crew.
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> SBU
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-Ian Woollard
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