[AR] Re: RP-1 versus ethanol for a student rocket?

  • From: Terry McCreary <tmccreary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 07:48:05 -0500

Right now isopropanol is a bit hard to find, at least in a number of retail stores. Even if it can be found it is probably more expensive than it used to be.

Reason: demand for hand sanitizer.

Best -- Terry

On 10/14/2020 12:25 AM, Henry Spencer wrote:


Consider isopropanol as an alternative.  Not significantly more expensive (last I heard), a slightly better fuel, and a routine industrial chemical with no nosy bureaucrats dedicated to supervising it.
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--
Dr. Terry McCreary
Professor Emeritus
Murray State University
Murray KY  42071


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