Tony Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 I've never heard of this fuel and after reading this article i'm not surprised it was hidden away> https://www.dragzine.com/news/flashback-friday-the-story-of-the-leathal-fuel-called-hydrazine/ Could it really turn 90hp into 300hp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 I first came across it in a novel where an assassin kills his badminton playing victim by packing hydrazine into the shuttlecocks used by the victim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 For real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 It was a novel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 14/01/2019 at 11:57, Tony said: I've never heard of this fuel and after reading this article i'm not surprised it was hidden away> https://www.dragzine.com/news/flashback-friday-the-story-of-the-leathal-fuel-called-hydrazine/ Could it really turn 90hp into 300hp Nitromethane , the current fuel for drag racing can pretty much turn 90hp into 300hp and thats pretty nasty stuff also but there are good reasons hydrazine was banned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Nitromethane sounds as bad as hydrazine so why did one get banned but not the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP09 Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 hydrazine is H2NNH2 - the nitrogen atoms are bonded together with a couple of hydrogen atoms on each "end". The pure compound is dangerously unstable - it will self decompose readily, and it liberates lots of heat (the Nitrogen to nitrogen bond has a lot of energy stored in it). Even in solution, the presence of some metal particles will cause the self-decomposition. IIRC, the Luftwaffe Me 163 (rocket plane) used this as one of the fuels. There are reports of the hydrazine fuel eating through the fuel tanks, and then into the cockpit, then dissolving the pilot... Nitromethane, on the other hand, will burn (rapidly) but your breaking the Nitrogen to Oxygen bond which has less energy stored - nor does it spontaneously decompose... Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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