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   John Schilling to Henry Spencer   
   Re: Specific Impulse of cyclic ozone?   
   03 Feb 05 22:22:55   
   
   From: schillin@spock.usc.edu   
      
   henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) writes:   
      
   >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...   
      
      
   Oh, come now, of *course* you want to *think* about it.  And I, at least,   
   want to *think* about making it entirely from Oxygen-14, for that extra   
   dose of insanity...   
      
   Might this be the Holy Grail, the propellant that fits all nine DOT/UN   
   hazard categories simultaneously?   
      
      
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