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  2. Purging (gas) - Wikipedia

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    Other inert gases, e.g. argon or helium may be used. Nitrogen and carbon dioxide are unsuitable purge gases in some applications, as these gases may undergo chemical reaction with fine dusts of certain light metals. Because an inert purge gas is used, the purge procedure may (erroneously) be referred to as inerting in everyday language. This ...

  3. Oxidizing agent - Wikipedia

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    The international pictogram for oxidizing chemicals. Dangerous goods label for oxidizing agents. An oxidizing agent (also known as an oxidant, oxidizer, electron recipient, or electron acceptor) is a substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "accepts"/"receives" an electron from a reducing agent (called the reductant, reducer, or electron donor).

  4. Noble gas compound - Wikipedia

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    Nonetheless, this was the first real compound of any noble gas. The first binary noble gas compounds were reported later in 1962. Bartlett synthesized xenon tetrafluoride (XeF 4) by subjecting a mixture of xenon and fluorine to high temperature. [9] Rudolf Hoppe, among other groups, synthesized xenon difluoride (XeF 2) by the reaction of the ...

  5. Liquid rocket propellant - Wikipedia

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    4 as oxidizer and kerosene or hypergolic (self igniting) aniline, hydrazine or unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) as fuel were then adopted in the United States and the Soviet Union for use in strategic and tactical missiles. The self-igniting storeable liquid bi-propellants have somewhat lower specific impulse than LOX/kerosene but have ...

  6. Pressure-fed engine - Wikipedia

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    Pressure-fed rocket cycle. Propellant tanks are pressurized to directly supply fuel and oxidizer to the engine, eliminating the need for turbopumps. The pressure-fed engine is a class of rocket engine designs. A separate gas supply, usually helium, pressurizes the propellant tanks to force fuel and oxidizer to the combustion chamber. To ...

  7. Inert gas - Wikipedia

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    Generally, all noble gases except oganesson (helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon), nitrogen, and carbon dioxide are considered inert gases. The term inert gas is context-dependent because several of the inert gases, including nitrogen and carbon dioxide, can be made to react under certain conditions. [1] [2]

  8. Autogenous pressurization - Wikipedia

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    Cutaway of Space Shuttle external tank. Autogenous pressurization is the use of self-generated gaseous propellant to pressurize liquid propellant in rockets.Traditional liquid-propellant rockets have been most often pressurized with other gases, such as helium, which necessitates carrying the pressurant tanks along with the plumbing and control system to use it.

  9. Direct analysis in real time - Wikipedia

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    In mass spectrometry, direct analysis in real time (DART) is an ion source that produces electronically or vibronically excited-state species from gases such as helium, argon, or nitrogen that ionize atmospheric molecules or dopant molecules. The ions generated from atmospheric or dopant molecules undergo ion-molecule reactions with the sample ...