All 30 Uses of
propellant
in
October Sky
- Quentin had an idea on the propellant.†
Chpt 6propellant = something that propels (moves something) such as rocket fuel
- Mr. Dubonnet tapped the rocket casing, and lumps of unburned propellant and ash dropped out.†
Chpt 9
- It should be an excellent propellant.†
Chpt 10
- 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.†
Chpt 10
- New propellant, sir.†
Chpt 10
- This launch wasn't advertised, because we had no idea how our new propellant of saltpeter and sugar would work.†
Chpt 10
- Most of the propellant had burned.†
Chpt 10
- O'Dell chimed, and so coined our new term for the propellant.†
Chpt 10
- "My speculation is the propellant collapsed," Quentin said.†
Chpt 10
- When the rocket took off, the propellant was so loose it just fell inward.†
Chpt 10
- It would be a fantastic propellant, I'm sure of it!†
Chpt 10
- "I fear the ratio of the mass of propellant added compared to the mass of the empty rocket will be too small," he said.†
Chpt 12
- It was heavy, and there wasn't much room for the propellant after the nozzle and top plug were bolted in place.†
Chpt 12
- Perhaps there's a break-even point for all propellants.†
Chpt 12
- I think we've got our next rocket propellant.†
Chpt 15propellant = something that propels (moves something) such as rocket fuel
- Q, why do we need a new propellant?†
Chpt 15
- We need a new propellant.†
Chpt 15
- Next time we fly will be with a new propellant: zinc dust and sulfur.†
Chpt 19
- Quentin and I are going to design a sophisticated nozzle, and we need an advanced propellant to go along with it.†
Chpt 19
- Had we already passed the critical dimension for our new propellant?†
Chpt 21
- Our conclusion was we didn't know what we were doing with the new propellant.†
Chpt 21
- I had decided to do the loading of our new propellant in sections, a few inches at a time.†
Chpt 21
- 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.†
Chpt 21
- When the propellant hissed down to completion, Mom's bathroom scale was scattered all over the pad.†
Chpt 21
- When rocket propellant burned, it first produced a river of gas that flowed into the convergent section of the nozzle.†
Chpt 22
- 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.†
Chpt 22
- 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.†
Chpt 22
- I went down to my lab to mix up some more propellant.
Chpt 23 *propellant = fuel (for a rocket)
- Specific impulse is defined as the thrust in pounds of a given propellant divided by its consumption rate.†
Chpt 25propellant = something that propels (moves something) such as rocket fuel
- It's a means of determining the relative merits of propellants.†
Chpt 25
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