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METASTABLE PROPELLANT

Specialty Definition: METASTABLE PROPELLANT

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

A metastable compound used as a propellant.Nitromethane (CH3NO2), for example, may be used as a monopropellant at chamber pressure above 500 pounds per square inch. At lower pressure, it requires an oxidizer for stable combustion. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: METASTABLE PROPELLANT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 45 54 41 53 54 41 42 4C 45      50 52 4F 50 45 4C 4C 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000101 01010100 01000001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01010000 01000101 01001100 01001100 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#69 &#84 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#66 &#76 &#69 &#32 &#80 &#82 &#79 &#80 &#69 &#76 &#76 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0045 0054 0041 0053 0054 0041 0042 004C 0045      0050 0052 004F 0050 0045 004C 004C 0041 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47395435535435364639250524950394646354854

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