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Old 3rd Feb 2006, 17:33
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L Peacock
 
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I'm not a chemist but as I understand it, Hydrazine is a mono fuel. When sprayed over a catalytic bed, it reacts and decomposes into a hot gas.
Very reliable as it doesn't require an ignition source. Very energetic and so power units are small and can be up and running very quickly.
Quite nasty to work with.
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