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Definition of Bipropellant
1. Noun. A propellant composed of two components (typically a fuel and an oxidizer) that react together in the combustion chamber ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bipropellant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bipropellant
Literary usage of Bipropellant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future by National Research Council (U.S.). (2006)
"It can be liquefied for use in a bipropellant rocket motor. It may be possible
that, in the future, magnesium will be produced directly on Mars since the ..."
2. A Review of United States Air Force and Department of Defense Aerospace by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"The first thruster designed to operate in either a bipropellant or ... In its
bipropellant mode, N2O4 is turned on. It cools the second chamber, vaporizes, ..."
3. Aerospace Plane Technology: Research and Development in Japan and Australia (1994)
"A pump-fed liquid-propellant rocket engine in which a low-flowrate, high
pressure-ratio pump-drive turbine is powered by a bipropellant (or monopropellant) ..."