Metallic hydrogen: The most powerful rocket fuel yet to exist

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 215, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Silvera, Isaac F ^a   Cole, John W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT WEIGHT; LIQUID HYDROGENS; METALLIC HYDROGEN; METALLIC PHASE; METASTABLE MATERIALS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; REACTION CHAMBERS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; ROCKET FUELS; ROCKET PROPELLANTS; SINGLE STAGE; SOLID MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; TRANSITION PRESSURE;

HYDROGEN; LIQUEFIED GASES; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; PROPELLANTS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

HYDROGEN ENGINES;

EID: 77951958933     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/215/1/012194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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