It's not Plichta's silane fuel. Instead of hydrocarbon use hydrosilicon. Thought to be unstable (like "big bada boom" unstable) Peter Plichta discovered that

It's not Plichta's silane fuel. Instead of hydrocarbon use hydrosilicon. Thought to be unstable (like "big bada boom" unstable) Peter Plichta discovered that "Silanes with chains of seven or more atoms of silicon per molecule are stable and can be pumped and stored very much like gasoline and other carbon-based liquid fuels." http://www.rexresearch.com/plichtasilane/plichta.html http://www.rexresearch.com/plichtasilane/plichta.html They burn nitrogen and are said to make lightning instead of flames. > The combustion process of hydrosilicons is fundamentally different from the exclusively oxygen based combustion we know from burning hydrocarbons. In a sufficiently hot reaction chamber, silanes separate into atoms of hydrogen and silicon, which immediately mix with the oxygen and nitrogen of the air. The hydrogen from the silanes and the air's oxygen now burn completely leaving only water vapor, bringing the temperature of the gases close to 2000 degrees C. > Since there is no more oxygen, no silicon oxide can be formed in the following phase. What happens instead is an extremely energetic reaction of the 80% nitrogen in the air with the silicon atoms present, that forms a fine powder called silicon nitride (Si3N4).