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A lithium-air battery running an inductive heater strikes me as likely more efficient, but Lithium is much more expensive than Iron. I can't remember if it was
by KMag 6y ago
A lithium-air battery running an inductive heater strikes me as likely more efficient, but Lithium is much more expensive than Iron.
I can't remember if it was Fluorine or Chlorine Trifluoride referenced in the book "Ignition" as being capable of burning as fuels water, sand, and rocket test engineers.
- KSteffensen 6y agoIt's chlorine triflouride. Things that can light asbestos on fire doesn't mess around. Another bit of discussion on the stuff here[0], including the John Clarke "Ignition" quote you refer to. [0]: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2008/02/26/sa...
- zaarn 6y agoFlourine is electronegative enough to be able to burn with asbestos, but not willingly, it needs a lot of encouragement to do so. It'll happily burn spent coal or other oxygen burn byproducts. For asbestos you'll need some chlorine to make that flourine very excited about the idea of tearing apart some strong molecular bonds. Chlorinetriflouride is the candidate here, though Dioxygendiflouride also likes doing it, if in a more explosive fashion (it'll probably detonate in a hypergolic fashion with asbestos or sand).