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Something that requires 1,221 F (660.3 C) doesn't seem like something you would want to sit on or pump without serious protection.

• pjc50 12y ago
  Slurry, not molten. This (aluminium powder suspended in a liquid) was considered as a rocket fuel at one point.
  • trhway 12y ago
    Russian super-sonic solid fuel anti-ship missiles burn aluminum based fuel in their ramjet engines :)
  • lotsofmangos 12y ago
    The Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters were basically just oxidiser and aluminium powder.