U.S. Patent Specifications

Abstract

In jet propulsion involving the combustion of nitromethane to generate gas to form the jet, the improvement which comprises igniting the nitromethane by spontaneously combusting furfural with an aqueous solution of a permanganate selected from the group consisting of calcium, aluminium, sodium, magnesium and barium permanganate wherein the proportion of the permanganate to the furfural lies from one to three parts by weight of permanganate for each two parts by weight of furfural.

Citation

(1958), "U.S. Patent Specifications", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 30 No. 12, pp. 385-385. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033061