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  2. Solid fuel - Wikipedia

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    Solid fuels are extensively used in rocketry as solid propellants. [1] Solid fuels have been used throughout human history to create fire [2] and solid fuel is still in widespread use throughout the world in the present day. [3] [4] Solid fuel from biomass is regarded as a renewable energy source which can contribute to climate change ...

  3. Solid-propellant rocket - Wikipedia

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    A solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). The earliest rockets were solid-fuel rockets powered by gunpowder . The inception of gunpowder rockets in warfare can be credited to the ancient Chinese, and in the 13th century, the Mongols played a pivotal role in ...

  4. Rocket propellant - Wikipedia

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    Solid fuel rockets have lower specific impulse, a measure of propellant efficiency, than liquid fuel rockets. As a result, the overall performance of solid upper stages is less than liquid stages even though the solid mass ratios are usually in the .91 to .93 range, as good as or better than most liquid propellant upper stages.

  5. Fuel - Wikipedia

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    Coal is a solid fuel. Solid fuel refers to various types of solid material that are used as fuel to produce energy and provide heating, usually released through combustion. Solid fuels include wood, charcoal, peat, coal, hexamine fuel tablets, and pellets made from wood (see wood pellets), corn, wheat, rye and other grains.

  6. Explainer-What are solid-fuel missiles, and why is North ...

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    North Korea's Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), launched for the second time on Wednesday, uses solid-fuel technology, giving it the capability to launch with little preparation.

  7. Hypergolic propellant - Wikipedia

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    The attendant wears a full hazmat suit due to the hazards of the hypergolic fuel hydrazine, here being loaded onto the MESSENGER space probe. A hypergolic propellant is a rocket propellant combination used in a rocket engine, whose components spontaneously ignite when they come into contact with each other.

  8. Smokeless fuel - Wikipedia

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    Smokeless fuel is a type of solid fuel which either does not emit visible smoke or emits minimal amounts during combustion. These types of fuel find use where the use of fuels which produce smoke, such as coal and unseasoned or wet wood, is prohibited.

  9. This Buffett Favorite Is Just Too Expensive to Buy Today - AOL

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    AXP PE Ratio data by YCharts. And it isn't just the P/E ratio that's elevated. The price-to-sales, price-to-cash flow, price-to-book value, and price-to-earnings ratios are all above their five ...