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The US government tried something similar in the 1950s: https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0841218579 https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0841218579 They built a plant in Ma
by HarryHirsch 8y ago
The US government tried something similar in the 1950s:
https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0841218579 https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0841218579
They built a plant in Malta, NY to prepare pentaborane and higher boranes for use in missiles, or something. The project got nowhere far because the combustion residues are solid. At least alane is only pyrophoric but not neurotoxic.
- al2o3cr 8y agoThere's a ton of coverage of the borane work in John D. Clark's "Ignition!": https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pd...
- busterarm 8y agoFinally back in print after 40 years! https://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-University-Classics/dp/0813595835/ https://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-Univers...
- olliej 8y agoOooh I need to buy a hard copy! Do we know how much (if any) goes back to him or his family?
- busterarm 8y agoI'm uncertain about any relatives, but it is published by Rutgers University Press, which is a non-profit publisher. Get the softcover one though, the hardcover version is a complete ripoff.