FLOX
FLOX is a mixture of 30–40% fluorine and 60–70% oxygen . The name consists of the first two letters of the two Latin names of elements contained Fl fluoro and Ox strength together.
FLOX could be used as an oxidizer for hybrid missiles and reacts hypergolically with the intended fuels, such as lithium hydride , beryllium hydride , lithium , beryllium , hydrogen and plastics as binders .
hazards
Like its constituent fluorine , FLOX is toxic , corrosive and oxidising .
swell
- Chemical Rocket Propellants Part 1 , Accessed June 26, 2013
- Horst W. Köhler: Klipp und Klar: 100x Raumfahrt , Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim, Vienna, Zurich 1977, ISBN 3-411-01707-4 , p. 30