Re:Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-...
by lazide on Saturday October 28, 2023 @11:09PM
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If there is anything that would make ammonia seem warm and cuddly, it is indeed hydrazine!
Urea maybe? It’s almost non toxic and is 2x ammonia + a carbon monoxide molecule.
though not sure how efficient it would be to extract energy from.
Speaking of ‘extra nitrogen’s are generally bad’, a callout to the azides!
Re:Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-...
by lazide on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:51PM
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P.S. Found a sweet Hydrazine youtube video, and figured I needed to add it. [https://youtu.be/V3HuKQvRBUE?si=wTuEwvKJQkidKZAp]
However hydrazine is liquid at room temperature and it can be converted to hydrazone (also being considered for fuel cells) which is solid at room temperature and non-reactive... until it comes into contact with water at which point it all turns back into hydrazine.
But yeah no there's really not a "nicer" fuel. Generally, if it has nitrogen in it and it isn't literally just nitrogen with itself, it's dangerous. And the more nitrogens it has the more dangerous it is.