Nitrogen allotrope releases double the energy of the most powerful chemical explosives
  • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    6 个月前

    N6 would not burn with a flame: it’s just a burst of energy that generates a large volume [of gas] – so a lot of thrust, and it is non-corrosive

    Reminds me of the time I ran a 100m dash 30 minutes after eating a kilo of Taco Bell.

  • dbtng@eviltoast.orgEnglish
    1·
    6 个月前

    Well, that’s pretty cool. But boy is that shit gonna go bang when the power goes out.

    I’ve heard similar claims about metallic hydrogen as an energy storage medium.
    I guess if we can just make shit up, neutronium would be even better.

  • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
    121·
    6 个月前

    Me when I see a new super compact rocket fuel: 😃

    Me when world is at war and rocket fuel can also be untraceable high explosive: 🤐

  • pelya@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    6 个月前

    This is a single-component rocket fuel, which means the rocket will not explode in a huge slow-burning red fireball, but detonate like a nuclear explosion, minimal visual effects but maximum shockwave, and a mushroom cloud of vapor.