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STORABLE PROPELLANT [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Propellants are also classed as either "storable" or "non storable", the distinction being one of temperature. If a propellant retains its physical properties at normal terrestrial environmental temperatures, it is "storable". All solids and some liquids are storable; cryogenic propellants are non-storable.

Key term(s)
  • storable propellent
  • storable rocket propellent
  • storable rocket fuel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Ergol dont les propriétés physico-chimiques autorisent le transport et la conservation sans dispositions exceptionnelles.

OBS

L'hydrazine et le péroxyde d'azote sont des ergols stockables.

OBS

La plupart des sources françaises donnent «ergol» plutôt que «propergol» comme synonyme de «propellant».

PHR

Étage à propergol stockable (EPS).

Spanish

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