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   alien8752@gmail.com to Fred J. McCall   
   Re: Atomic nitrogen for scramjet propuls   
   29 Apr 17 10:10:20   
   
   From: nuny@bid.nes   
      
   On Friday, April 28, 2017 at 6:44:17 PM UTC-7, Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   > "Robert Clark"  wrote:   
   >   
   > >   
   > >  It's about combustion temperature. Get the reaction hot enough (above   
   > >2500F or so to reliably burn all the fuel you can cram into the combustion   
   > >volume with all the available oxidizer in the air, and the nitrogen burns   
   > >too, except "burn" doesn't necessarily mean "oxidize".   
   > >   
   > >Look up "NOx emissions".   
   > >   
   >   
   > Uh, nitrogen to nitrogen oxides is kind of within the definition of   
   > 'oxidize'.   
      
     True, but since nobody (to my knowledge) has built an engine that solely   
   combusts oxygen and nitrogen, all the C and H in the fuel produces other   
   nitrogen compounds.   
      
      
     Mark L. Fergerson   
      
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