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   Message 2,533 of 3,113   
   Andrew Gray to John Schilling   
   Re: Specific Impulse of cyclic ozone?   
   09 Feb 05 19:40:42   
   
   From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
   On 2005-02-04, John Schilling  wrote:   
   > 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...   
      
   Or -15...   
      
   http://yarchive.net/space/rocket/fuels/ozone.html   
      
   Summary of the reaction:   
      
   http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.space.tech/msg/3199d5be7e770f44   
      
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