Exploiting hydrophobic borohydride-rich ionic liquids as faster-igniting rocket fuels

Tianlin Liu, Xiujuan Qi, Shi Huang, Linhai Jiang, Jianling Li, Chenglong Tang, Qinghua Zhang

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Abstract

A family of hydrophobic borohydride-rich ionic liquids was developed, which exhibited the shortest ignition delay times of 1.7 milliseconds and the lowest viscosity (10 mPa s) of hypergolic ionic fluids, demonstrating their great potential as faster-igniting rocket fuels to replace toxic hydrazine derivatives in liquid bipropellant formulations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2031-2034
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume52
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

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