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Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010)

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267 points PebblesRox | 4 comments | 31 Mar 25 10:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.849s | source
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ourmandave ◴[31 Mar 25 14:10 UTC] No.43535264[source]▶
Dioxygen Difluoride

That both words start with DIe! is enough to warn me off.

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Ygg2 ◴[31 Mar 25 14:45 UTC] No.43535659[source]▶
Dihydorgen Dioxide. Oh no!
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1. icehawk ◴[31 Mar 25 15:03 UTC] No.43535853[source]▶
High test peroxide is used as a rocket monopropellant, and was involved with the loss of the submarines HMS Sidon and Kursk.
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2. Ygg2 ◴[31 Mar 25 20:19 UTC] No.43539454[source]▶
Many things are used as rocket propellant not least of which O2. As in all things dose makes the poison.
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3. chowells ◴[31 Mar 25 23:21 UTC] No.43541069[source]▶
You missed a prefix in monopropellant. That "mono-" is doing a lot of work that you ignored.
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4. Ygg2 ◴[01 Apr 25 07:58 UTC] No.43544016{3}[source]▶
Oh, then add nitrous oxide. There, problem solved.

> That "mono-" is doing a lot of work that you ignored.

Ironic, given they generally produce less thrust.