Answer by Everyday Astronaut for What happens in to the fuel in fuel-rich...
This issue deserves a lot more attention than it currently gets. According to research, microscopic soot particles develop that could persist in the atmosphere for a long time. This is essentially...
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TLDR: The combination burning of hot kerosene and sun-driven decomposition of any remainder gets rid of it quite quickly. From an environmental point of view, this is the bottom line:It is predicted...
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What happens in to the fuel in fuel-rich Lox-Kerosene?
This link Optimum Mixture Ratio shows a range of mixture ratios for Lox-Kerosene of 2.1 to 2.45. Its not clear to me where in this range is the stochiometric case. Some Russian designs are higher...
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