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Re:Ammonia as a fuel for compression ignition engines by rbanffy on Saturday August 22, 2020 @10:56AM (#24244544)
> Liquid ammonia has higher energy density than liquid hydrogen

Why not rockets then?

Re:Ammonia as a fuel for compression ignition engines by chipsa on Saturday August 22, 2020 @11:22AM (#24244709)
Methane is better than ammonia (less toxic, similar performance), while hydrogen is also still better (less toxic, higher performance), and hydrazine is also better (still toxic, but hypergolic with certain oxidizers).

It has been used in rockets, but there's usually better choices.

Re:Ammonia as a fuel for compression ignition engines by rbanffy on Saturday August 22, 2020 @02:04PM (#24245936)
I'd be suspicious of anything people would prefer hydrazine over. ;-)