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Propelling ionic liquids
Addition of 2-hydroxyethylhydrazinium dinitrate to the solid catalyst Shell 405, followed by smoke, flame and residual catalyst
A hydrazine-based ionic liquid could be used as rocket fuel, say US scientists.
The combustibility of ionic liquids, a hazard for most applications, has inspired researchers to consider them as possible propellants in rocket fuels. Robin Rogers and his colleagues from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and C3 Propulsion in Huntsville have found that an ionic liquid based on one of the most widely used rocket fuel propellants, hydrazine, ignited on contact with a catalyst, without the need for an oxidant or an ignition source. More...
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2010/12/propelling_ionic_liquids.asp
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