Its only downfall is an artifact of the type of book and the audio format, that is, reading out chemical and mathematical formula. The combination is hypergolic; that is, the two spontaneously ignite and burn upon contact with each other. Clark has a gift for writing, and the book is easy to read and full of amusing (and eye-widening) anecdotes.

was remarkably liberal, with a wide cut (range of distillation temperatures) and with such permissive limits on olefins and aromatics that any refinery above the level of a Kentucky moonshiner's pot still could convert at least half of any crude to jet fuel. Tuve suerte, pues tras el susto, volvieron a estar disponibles 3 ejemplares, y decidí no perder la ocasión otra vez. There are myriad other considerations as well; the fuel must burn at a manageable temperature (so as not to destroy the motor), the energy density of the fuel must be high enough to be a practical fuel in the first place, and so on.While we're accustomed to think of technological progress in terms of Moore's law, in a few short years these engineers went from launching metal tubes small enough to hold in your hand to propelling a two ton metal capsule containing three humans all the way to the moon. If you are a student in mechanical or aerospace engineering, you will find this book to be an excellent motivational source and companion to your textbook in your Combustion Processes and Aerospace Propulsion courses. Useful discussion of relevance of molecular structure in relation to heat of formation and C* together with a good index. But if they flow in, collect in a puddle, and then ignite, you have an explosion which generally demolishes the engine and its immediate surroundings. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

por lo que si leer en inglés no es un problema para ti, y aun si fuera un esfuerzo, no te pierdas ésta experiencia!later they figured that it would be even better if the missiles didn’t have to carry all its working mass and air augmented rocketry was born. A ton of fun for anyone who really likes science and can read or at least look past a few reaction equations (maybe 25 in the whole book, not essential to understanding). The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. There was plenty written about rocketry, but very little about the propellants themselves, and nothing at all written about why these specific substances and not something else were being used.

Large portions of it where over my head certainly but graciously it was far from being the oblivious actor drily mispronouncing his way through chemical equations and statistics charts that I'd feared. Hell just an introduction by Isaac Asimov, whom the author knew personally was an excellent incentive to read this book. Hasta donde me consta, la única editorial disponible es la que fuera la propia universidad del autor, no se han hecho traducciones, y de hecho, hacía décadas que no se volvía a publicar. The obvious one is suggested by equation (6): increase the concentration (or, in the case of the oxygen, the pressure) of the species on the right hand side of the equation, and force the equilibrium back. It’s interesting, it’s relevant, it’s relatable, and there is plenty to learn about how hard scientific and engineering development actually gets done.I wish this was true for all books but that’s another can of worms (just ask Google about their effort to digitize everything).

Rocket propellants have a remarkably wide range of design constraints, some of which I would never have thought of on my own. For everyone else, you may still find enjoyment out of it by skimming the drier sections on details like optimum exhaust products and looking for the parts that go bang. As implied by the title, you won't hear very much about solid fuels or hydrogen-fueled rocketry here, alas.one should not be surprised to find a bundle of laughs even in a dry explanation of how yet another ill-advised exotic chemical freezes too soon to be useful. I also liked his description of how ignition delays of different substance combinations were measured and how the test setups ran the entire spectrum of complexity. As a result, that combination was not much more than a first step in the whole process; there was plenty of work left to do. In audiobook format, it should many of the complaints - poor scanning and the like - that going the print book. Some of it is a bit technical for me (I did not do Chemistry at school only Physics - and that was years ago).