propellantin a sentence
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Many cooking sprays uses nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide as propellants.
propellants = gases that make the oil spray
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The rocket is designed to use a high-density propellant.
propellant = fuel or something that pushes it forward
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It is a solid-propellant rocket.
propellant = fuel
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I went down to my lab to mix up some more propellant.
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propellant = fuel (for a rocket)
- It's used in fertilizers, explosives, and rocket propellants."† (source)
- Aerosol propellant would be best.† (source)
- He thought briefly that such an anticlimax would be the universe's fitting verdict on his martial pretensions: the brave warrior floating off into near-planet orbit, no maneuvering systems, no propellant, no reaction mass of any sort-even the pistol was non-recoil.† (source)
- Military sniper rifles were generally longer than their police counterparts to allow the cartridge propellant to completely burn its fuel load, which reduced muzzle flash and powered up the bullet's velocity.† (source)
- One of the rounds ignited the propellant on an RPG rocket strapped to the fighter's back.† (source)
- My outrage that day became the propellant of my life, driving me straight to the civil rights movement, where I've worked ever since.† (source)
- I had decided to do the loading of our new propellant in sections, a few inches at a time.† (source)
- "My speculation is the propellant collapsed," Quentin said.† (source)
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- Mr. Dubonnet tapped the rocket casing, and lumps of unburned propellant and ash dropped out.† (source)
- When the rocket took off, the propellant was so loose it just fell inward.† (source)
- When the propellant hissed down to completion, Mom's bathroom scale was scattered all over the pad.† (source)
- O'Dell chimed, and so coined our new term for the propellant.† (source)
- Had we already passed the critical dimension for our new propellant?† (source)
- Our conclusion was we didn't know what we were doing with the new propellant.† (source)
- "I think we've got our next rocket propellant.† (source)
- Next time we fly will be with a new propellant: zinc dust and sulfur.† (source)
- It would be a fantastic propellant, I'm sure of it!"† (source)
- It should be an excellent propellant.† (source)
- Quentin and I are going to design a sophisticated nozzle, and we need an advanced propellant to go along with it.† (source)
- Quentin had an idea on the propellant.† (source)
- It was heavy, and there wasn't much room for the propellant after the nozzle and top plug were bolted in place.† (source)
- This launch wasn't advertised, because we had no idea how our new propellant of saltpeter and sugar would work.† (source)
- When rocket propellant burned, it first produced a river of gas that flowed into the convergent section of the nozzle.† (source)
- "I fear the ratio of the mass of propellant added compared to the mass of the empty rocket will be too small," he said.† (source)
- Q, why do we need a new propellant?† (source)
- I showed both of them what I was doing, how I mixed the propellant, how I stood back when I threw a little of it in the heater.† (source)
- " "Specific impulse is defined as the thrust in pounds of a given propellant divided by its consumption rate.† (source)
- Loading the zincoshine was a labor-intensive process, no more than three inches of propellant compressed at a time in the casement, a drying time of four hours required for each segment.† (source)
- Most of the propellant had burned.† (source)
- We'd watch the spring with binoculars and see how much thrust was produced and then divide the answer by the pounds of propellant burned and how long it took.† (source)
- The series of equations we needed to work described the parameters of thrust coefficient, nozzle-throat area, combustion-chamber cross-sectional areas, and velocity of the gases predicted for any particular propellant.† (source)
- We need a new propellant.† (source)
- New propellant, sir.† (source)
- "It's a means of determining the relative merits of propellants.† (source)
- "Perhaps there's a break-even point for all propellants.† (source)
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