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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoLess soot than kerosene.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoAnd kerosene is clean, because it has less soot than raw oil?
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoRelatively speaking, I suppose it would be. Though rocket engines tend to be pretty delicate, and I’m not aware of any which could stomach stright-up raw oil. Even the “kerosene” used in kerolox engines is a riffled form of kerosene known as RP-1.
Less soot than kerosene.
And kerosene is clean, because it has less soot than raw oil?
Relatively speaking, I suppose it would be. Though rocket engines tend to be pretty delicate, and I’m not aware of any which could stomach stright-up raw oil. Even the “kerosene” used in kerolox engines is a riffled form of kerosene known as RP-1.