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March 23rd 04, 09:18 PM
John Michael Williams
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Michael Williams wrote:
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I thought the ultimate energy per mass was magnesium and oxygen (or was
it beryllium and oxygen?), just a few times as much energy per mass as TNT
and not good like usual rocket propellants for producing gas to use as
rocket exhaust.
It depends on the electrochemical gradient, I think.
Hydrogen burning in fluorine probably produces more combustion
energy than anything else, per unit mass.
That one is up there, but let's check heat of formation...
HF gas: 63.991 KCal/mole, 3.19955 KCal/gram
MgO: 145.76 KCal/mole, 3.644 KCal/gram, but with no gaseous output.
Right. Agreed, although in water, HF produces 78.6 kCal/mole,
putting it ahead of MgO by mass.
The gaseous output would subtract heat energy, so if the goal was
radiant heat and not momentum, MgO would be 'way ahead.
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John
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