Subj : Sterling Dif.Compression
To   : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
From : Archie Swan
Date : Sat May 07 2005 12:14 pm

Hi Wayne,

You wrote on 06.05.05 about "Sterling Dif.Compression":

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->> Tom's a bit adrift on this item.  Hydrogen Peroxide isn't a fuel,
->> it's an Oxidant.  So, by itself H2O2 isn't combustible on its own
->> - it requires a fuel.
->> Do a small amount of research on Missile Engines (Rocket
->> Engines).

WC> It ATE a number of German test pilots who were testing
WC> rocket powered jets at the end of the war.

I ASSume you're referring to the ME 163 (Komet) ?

WC> It's also the suspected reason the Russians lost the Kursk
WC> submarine. Torpedo dropped during loading suspected fuel oxidizer
WC> mix, BOOM.

Yup!

->> It's a bit of a complicated item to explain in total.  But that
->> "3% Hydrogen Peroxide" is quite a good demonstration.  The reason

WC> Yeah, toss a charcoal briquette<sp> into some 90 percent H2O2,
WC> from far, far away.

We used to use 2, slightly less dangerous, particular demos to  
get the message across to our "trainees".
1.  A mannequin's head complete with hair, onto which we poured a  
small whiskey tot of 70% H2O2.  Instant & fairly impressive  
blaze.
2.  A wrench, recently used in an oily situation but wiped  
"clean".  Threw that into a container with approx half a pint of  
that 70%.  That made a nice wee bang ;)

->> that stuff is frequently used by folks to bleach their hair -
->> it's because that 3% H2O2 releases sufficient Oxygen to cause the
->> hair to act as the fuel and start the burning process.

->> Clear as mud ??
->> (I used to work with Stentor engined items and other bits for a
->> number of years .....)

WC> Potassium perclorate is fun to play with too <g>

Particularly at a BBQ when folks want their steak well done :*)

TTFN,

Archie

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