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ROCKET PROPELLANT [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • White Products (Petroleum)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
DEF

A substance that is used (alone, or reacting with another) in a rocket engine as a source of the hot gases that provide it with thrust.

Key term(s)
  • propellent
  • rocket propellent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits blancs (Pétrole)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

Produit constitué par un ou plusieurs ergols, séparés ou réunis pour former un mélange (ou un composé) apte à fournir par réaction chimique l'énergie de propulsion d'un moteur-fusée.

OBS

propergol: ne pas confondre avec ergol, qui est un constituant d'un propergol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos blancos (Petróleo)
  • Lanzadores (Astronáutica)
DEF

Mezcla de […] ergoles que, al reaccionar en una cámara de combustión, engendran gases abundantes y muy calientes […]

OBS

[La] eyección [de gases engendrados por los propergoles] por una tobera propulsa los cohetes por reacción.

OBS

propergol: no confundir con ergol, que es cada una de las sustancias que constituyen un propergol.

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