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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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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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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Aviation fuel (redirect from Aviation kerosene)
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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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 (2014 film) (redirect from Kerosene Cowboys)
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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Aviation biofuel (redirect from Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene)
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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Solanum mauritianum (redirect from Kerosene plant)
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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Satyameva Jayate (2018 film) (redirect from Satyameva Jayate 1)
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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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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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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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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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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Abraham Pineo Gesner (section Discovery of kerosene)
Nova Scotian and New Brunswickan physician and geologist who invented kerosene. Gesner was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (now called Chipmans Corner)...
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