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标题: Why Is Helium Used in Rockets? [打印本页]

作者: choi    时间: 10-10-2024 12:43
标题: Why Is Helium Used in Rockets?
本帖最后由 choi 于 10-16-2024 12:22 编辑

Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Explainer-What Is Helium and Why Is It Used in Rockets?  Reuters, Sept 7, 2024
https://www.usnews.com/news/worl ... -it-used-in-rockets
("Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket ditched the helium of its predecessor Ariane 5 for a novel pressurization system that converts a small portion of its primary liquid oxygen and hydrogen propellants to gas, which then pressurizes those fluids for the rocket engine")

Note:
(a) Ariane 6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_6
("This two-stage rocket utilizes liquid hydrogen [as propellant] and liquid oxygen pas oxider] (hydrolox) engines")
(b) Liquid hydrogen is a kind of cryogenic fuel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryogenic_fuel






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