Aerozin 50

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Aerozin 50
Brief description Rocket fuel
Characteristic components

50% 1,1-dimethylhydrazine and 50% hydrazine

properties
Physical state liquid
Hypergol with

Dinitrogen tetroxide , nitric acid , MON

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
02 - Highly / extremely flammable 05 - Corrosive 06 - Toxic or very toxic
08 - Dangerous to health 09 - Dangerous for the environment

danger

H and P phrases H: 225-226-301-310-330-350-314-317-410
P: 301 + 310-303 + 361 + 353-305 + 351 + 338-320-361-405-501
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Components
Structure of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine
Structure of hydrazine
1,1-Dimethylhydrazine (UDMH, top)
and hydrazine (bottom), the two
components of Aerozin 50

Aerozin 50 (English: Aerozine 50 ) is a fuel mixture for rockets . It was originally designed for the II titanium developed -Interkontinentalraketen and is today however in other US - missiles used, including the second stage of the Delta II rocket.

Aerozin 50 is a toxic and corrosive mixture of 50% 1,1-dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and 50% hydrazine . Aerozin 50 reacts spontaneously with the oxidizing agent dinitrogen tetroxide , so this combination is hypergolic . The fuel mixture and nitrous tetroxide can be stored separately from one another at normal temperatures. UH 25 also contains water, but otherwise the same components as Aerozin 50, but in a different mixing ratio.

hazards

Like its components hydrazine and UDMH, Aerozin 50 is toxic, corrosive and carcinogenic.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Entry on 1,1-dimethylhydrazine in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on March 17, 2013(JavaScript required) .
  2. a b Entry on hydrazine in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on March 17, 2013(JavaScript required) .
  3. John D. Clark: Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants . Ed .: Rutgers University Press. 1972, ISBN 0-8135-0725-1 , pp. 45 (English).