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HYDRAZINE
- A colorless fuming corrosive strongly reducing liquid base, used especially in fuels for rocket and jet engines.
- Usage: Coverage of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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HYPERGOLIC
- Igniting upon contact of components without external aid (as a spark).
- Usage: Language research following first reports of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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NITROGEN TETROXIDE
- A colorless toxic gas that is a dimer of nitrogen dioxide and that in liquid form is used as an oxidizer in rocket engines.
- Usage: Coverage of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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