Dinitrogen tetroxide

chemical compound
Alternative Title: nitrogen tetroxide

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...and launched from the Moon, by the oxidation of a 1:1 mixture of methyl hydrazine, H 3CNHNH 2, and 1,1-dimethylhydrazine, (H 3C) 2NNH 2, with liquid dinitrogen tetroxide, N 2O 4. Three tons of the methyl hydrazine mixture were required for the landing on the Moon, and about one ton was required for the launch from the lunar...

liquid-propellant rockets

...and ozone have prevented their use in operational systems. Other oxidizers that have seen operational use are nitric acid (HNO 3), hydrogen peroxide (H 2O 2), and nitrogen tetroxide (N 2O 4), which are liquids under ambient conditions. While some are somewhat noxious chemicals, they are useful in applications where the rocket must be in a...

relaxation phenomenon

The chemical relaxation of nitrogen tetroxide is easy to visualize, and it illustrates principles common to all relaxation phenomena. Nitrogen tetroxide (formula N 2O 4; also called dinitrogen tetroxide) actually is a dimer (a molecule formed from two similar constituents called monomers) that dissociates into two molecules of nitrogen dioxide (formula NO 2). The...
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