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Nitric acid/Solid

Propellant

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Nitric acid/Solid propellant. Potential hybrid rocket combination, but less corrosive oxidizers (liquid oxygen, nitrous oxide) have been preferred for safety reasons.

Oxidizer Density: 1.510 g/cc. Oxidizer Freezing Point: -42 deg C. Oxidizer Boiling Point: 86 deg C. Fuel Density: 1.350 g/cc.

Subtopics

  • KRD-604 Dushkin Nitric acid/Solid hybrid rocket engine. Out of Production. The KRD-604 engine was developed in the late 1930s by OKB Dushkin. It was a combined (powder+liquid) engine, characterized by a new technical approach.
  • R-13 engine Dushkin Nitric acid/Solid hybrid rocket engine. Out of Production. Developed in the late 1950s by OKB Dushkin. It was a combined (powder+liquid) engine, characterized by a new technical approach conceived by Dushkin in the prewar design of the KRD-604.

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