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   Henry Spencer to nyrath@projectrho.com   
   Re: Specific Impulse of cyclic ozone?   
   04 Feb 05 04:14:30   
   
   From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <20050203082901.T40453@eris.io.com>,   
   Nyrath the nearly wise   wrote:   
   >It goes on to state that while mundane ozone contains   
   >about 1.5 volts in its molecular bonds, cyclic ozone   
   >has about 3.0 volts...   
   >Does anybody have any figures on the approximate   
   >specific impulse of a hydrogen-cyclic ozone rocket?   
      
   Considering that regular ozone is not used as an oxidizer because it is   
   a powerful and touchy explosive, I don't even want to *think* about a   
   version packing twice as much energy...   
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