T-Stoff
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T-Stoff (
Uses
The decomposition of T-Stoff into hot steam and oxygen caused by the addition of the catalyst Z-Stoff (an aqueous solution of permanganates) was used to drive the split-tube steam catapults which launched the V-1 flying bomb.[4]
Similarly generated steam was used to drive the turbopump in the German V2 rocket, and the pumps in several other rocket engines. The turbopump was used to transport fuel and oxidizer liquids under pressure to the rocket engine of the V2.[5]
Another of T-Stoff's many uses was to be combined as the oxidizer, with
Catalytic decomposition of T-Stoff by Z-Stoff was also used as a monopropellant in several "cold" Walter rocket engines, including early versions of the engine for the Me 163A, and rocket-assisted takeoff pack engines like the Walter HWK 109-500.
Precautions
Because of its extreme oxidizing potential, T-Stoff was a very dangerous chemical to handle, so special rubberized suits were required when working with it, as it would react with most cloth, leather, or other combustible material and cause it to spontaneously combust. T-Stoff corroded iron and steel, and thus had to be kept in aluminium tanks. Conversely, C-Stoff ate through aluminium and had to be kept in glass or enamel. T-Stoff containers were white, C-Stoff containers were yellow. The tanker trucks carrying T-Stoff and C-Stoff, clearly marked "T" and "C" were forbidden to come within 800 meters of each other.[6]
See also
References
- ^ German Liquid Rocket Fuels, www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/122495.pdf page 5
- ISBN 3-8289-0294-4, 1998 page 220, German
- ISBN 0-8135-0725-1, 1972 page 67
- ISBN 1-8490-8967-1, 2011 page 7
- ^ Oberkommando des Heeres ed., Das Gerät A4 Baureihe B, Berlin 1945, German.
- ^ Hollway, Don. "BAT OUT OF HELL: The Me-163 Komet". Aviation History. November 2017.
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