• usage. Kerosene is widely used to power jet engines of aircraft (jet fuel), as well as some rocket engines in a highly refined form called RP-1. It is...
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    A kerosene lamp (also known as a paraffin lamp in some countries) is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick...
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    (tank) filled with 1-K kerosene. The wick draws kerosene from the tank via capillary action. Once lit, the wick heats the kerosene until it turns into...
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    Jet fuel (redirect from Jet A-1)
    product, such as the freezing point or smoke point. Kerosene-type jet fuel (including Jet A and Jet A-1, JP-5, and JP-8) has a carbon number distribution...
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    RP-1 (alternatively, Rocket Propellant-1 or Refined Petroleum-1) is a highly refined form of kerosene outwardly similar to jet fuel, used as rocket fuel...
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    The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first...
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    including diesel fuel, kerosene or gasoline. The production, first carried on the B variant, stopped in 1980. The majority of T-64As were further modernised...
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    properties important to fuel performance or handling. They are kerosene-based (JP-8 and Jet A-1) for gas turbine-powered aircraft. Piston-engined aircraft...
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    nic.in. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018. U. T. Fareed & Family, Hangs on to Ullal "Surrender kerosene permit, take 2 LED recharge lamps: Khader | Mangaluru...
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    combustible fuels including benzene, ethanol, or kerosene. According to Ford Motor Company, the Model T had fuel economy on the order of 13–21 mpg‑US (16–25 mpg‑imp;...
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  • Kerosene Vale is a historic locality within the City of Lithgow Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia. Kerosene Vale lies near Lidsdale...
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    Turbine: single stage axial flow Fuel type: kerosene Maximum thrust: ~1,032 lbf (4.59 kN) Overall pressure ratio: ~3.8:1 Air mass flow: ~25.4 lb/s (9.3 kg/s)...
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  • Clark, Jim (1985). The Andy Griffith Show Book - From Miracle Salve to Kerosene Cucumbers: the Complete Guide to One of Television's Best-loved Shows....
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    Korolyov RP-318-1. Powered by tractor kerosene and red fuming nitric acid, it fell short of the hoped for 13.74 kN (3,090 lbf) thrust and the D-1-A-1100 was...
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    the Karp boats, U-1 was given much safer Körting kerosene engines. While normally kerosene engines were started using gasoline, the U-1's engines avoided...
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  • Red Sky (previously known as Kerosene Cowboys) is a 2014 straight-to-DVD action/thriller film directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Cam Gigandet,...
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    thrust, but uses four nozzles fed by a single pump. The F-1 burned RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) as the fuel and used liquid oxygen (LOX) as the oxidizer...
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  • and flare: with para, a portion of the surface appears to be coated with kerosene, while flare involves the insertion of diffused light. The director did...
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    SpaceX Crew-1 (was also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1) was the first operational crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the maiden flight of...
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    400 ppm). With a flash point of 35 °C, 1-butanol presents a moderate fire hazard: it is slightly more flammable than kerosene or diesel fuel but less flammable...
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    carbon footprint. Synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) refers to any non-petroleum-based fuel designed to replace kerosene jet fuel, which is often, but not...
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    two-stage-to-orbit vehicle used liquid oxygen (LOX) and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellants. The Falcon 9 v1.1 could lift payloads of 13,150 kilograms (28,990 lb)...
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    nightshade, flannel weed, bugweed, tobacco weed, tobacco bush, wild tobacco and kerosene plant. The woolly nightshade is a multi-branched shrub or small tree between...
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    1–2)". NIST: 302–304. McAllister, T.; Barnett, J.; Gross, J.; Hamburger, R.; Magnusson, J. (2002), "Chapter 1 – Introduction" (PDF), in McAllister, T...
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  • Shukla's daughter. Vir calls Shukla and Shivansh, where he makes Shukla pour kerosene on himself. Vir reveals that Shukla was responsible for the death of their...
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    Alabama. S-IC-T specifications: Height: 42 m (138 ft) Diameter: 10 m (33 ft) Mass: 5,030,000 lb (2,280,000 kg) Fuel, liquid oxygen and kerosene: 4,400,000 lb...
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    N1 (rocket) (redirect from N-1 rocket)
    their exhaust presented a safety risk for crewed space flight, and that kerosene/LOX was a better solution. The disagreement between Korolev and Glushko...
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    hangar for the Electron rockets, and storage tanks for liquid oxygen and kerosene. During the test phase of launch operations, which began in May 2017, the...
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  • Deep Blue Aerospace (redirect from Nebula 1)
    of the Nebula-1 is planned for late 2024. Nebula-2 is a medium to heavy-lift liquid-fuelled rocket powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene capable of lifting...
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    Scud missile (redirect from SS-1)
    which is 1 m (3 ft 3 in) shorter) and 0.88 m (2 ft 11 in) in diameter. They are propelled by a single liquid-fuel rocket engine burning kerosene and corrosion-inhibited...
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