Read up on the history of zip fuel.
Given the potential advantages, and there are definite advantages in performance, no way is the Air Force abandoning the millions spent, when they have carte blanche for fuel cost in any critical mission - except for the in-house death toll (largely hidden), and the potential liability. How can anyone have a problem with understanding the risk of boron monoxide poisoning, when it is almost identical to carbon monoxide poisoning - except thousands of times more likely to happen during incomplete combustion ? Jones From: Alan J Fletcher Jones Beene wrote: Well, yes. Borates may be non-toxic, but how cleanly do you think a boron fill in this kind of configuration could burn in air? Think about it! It's completely out of the question ! BTW, the answer to the operative question is: Poorly. Contrariwise. http://mineralsciences.si.edu/staff/pages/vicenzi/Dreizin%20et%20al%20Combus tion <http://mineralsciences.si.edu/staff/pages/vicenzi/Dreizin%20et%20al%20Combu stion%26Flame1999.pdf> &Flame1999.pdf explains EXACTLY how to make a Boron-burning fake ... INCLUDING air .. and INCLUDING a heating resistor. Alan
