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Definition
something that pushes something forward
in various senses, including:
- rocket fuel
- compressed gas that transports something from an aerosol can
- the explosive charge from a bullet
- I went down to my lab to mix up some more propellant.Chapter 23 (69% in)
propellant = something that propels (moves something) such as rocket fuel
- Quentin had an idea on the propellant.Chapter 6 (44% in)
- Mr. Dubonnet tapped the rocket casing, and lumps of unburned propellant and ash dropped out.Chapter 9 (63% in)
- It should be an excellent propellant.Chapter 10 (78% in)
- 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.Chapter 10 (81% in)
- New propellant, sir.Chapter 10 (83% in)
- This launch wasn't advertised, because we had no idea how our new propellant of saltpeter and sugar would work.Chapter 10 (84% in)
- Most of the propellant had burned.Chapter 10 (85% in)
- O'Dell chimed, and so coined our new term for the propellant.Chapter 10 (85% in)
- "My speculation is the propellant collapsed," Quentin said.Chapter 10 (92% in)
- When the rocket took off, the propellant was so loose it just fell inward.Chapter 10 (92% in)
- It would be a fantastic propellant, I'm sure of it!"Chapter 10 (96% in)
- "I fear the ratio of the mass of propellant added compared to the mass of the empty rocket will be too small," he said.Chapter 12 (64% in)
- It was heavy, and there wasn't much room for the propellant after the nozzle and top plug were bolted in place.Chapter 12 (65% in)
- "Perhaps there's a break-even point for all propellants.Chapter 12 (81% in)
- "I think we've got our next rocket propellant.Chapter 15 (72% in)
- Q, why do we need a new propellant?Chapter 15 (73% in)
- We need a new propellant.Chapter 15 (76% in)
- Next time we fly will be with a new propellant: zinc dust and sulfur.Chapter 19 (85% in)
- Quentin and I are going to design a sophisticated nozzle, and we need an advanced propellant to go along with it.Chapter 19 (90% in)
- Had we already passed the critical dimension for our new propellant?Chapter 21 (3% in)
- Our conclusion was we didn't know what we were doing with the new propellant.Chapter 21 (4% in)
- I had decided to do the loading of our new propellant in sections, a few inches at a time.Chapter 21 (51% in)
- 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.Chapter 21 (66% in)
- When the propellant hissed down to completion, Mom's bathroom scale was scattered all over the pad.Chapter 21 (71% in)
- When rocket propellant burned, it first produced a river of gas that flowed into the convergent section of the nozzle.Chapter 22 (13% in)
- 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.Chapter 22 (14% in)
- 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.Chapter 22 (47% in)
- " "Specific impulse is defined as the thrust in pounds of a given propellant divided by its consumption rate.Chapter 25 (21% in)
- "It's a means of determining the relative merits of propellants.Chapter 25 (22% in)
There are no more uses of "propellant" in October Sky.
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