Definition of oxidizer
: oxidizing agent;
especially
: one used to support the combustion of a rocket propellant
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After all, rockets bring along their own oxidizers, so why not race cars?
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The autophage engine consumes a propellant rod that has solid fuel on the outside and oxidizer on the inside, according to PhysOrg.
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Just as full-sized rockets rely on reactions between fuel and oxidizer, so do Alka-Rockets.
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By sending that rod into the blazing hot engine running at temperatures ranging around 3,200 °C, or around 5,800 °F, the fuel and oxidizer are obliterated and turned into gases.
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In another building at Promontory, the segments are lowered into an underground shaft where they will be loaded with solid rocket fuel, a mixture of aluminum powder fuel and ammonium perchlorate as the oxidizer.
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The solid propellant, infused with fuel and oxidizer, can whip up a lot of thrust in a hurry.
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This bot, as IEEE explains, is designed to mimic the motion of an intestine for the purpose of carefully mixing the various ingredients—an oxidizer, high-energy fuel, and a binder—that go into making solid rocket fuel.
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This wasn't science just for science's sake but a quest to find new oxidizers and fuels for rocket engines to make better missiles or space probes.
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