IITGN's efficient fuel additives may allow rockets to carry more payload to space

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar IITGN have developed a highly-efficient additive for rocket propellants that may reduce the effective fuel weight, and help carry more payload to space. While conventionally used fuel such as ammonium perchlorate

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) have developed a highly-efficient additive for rocket propellants that may reduce the effective fuel weight, and help carry more payload to space. The study, published in the journal Thermochimica Acta, noted that the new class of nano-additives result in a superlative enhancement in the performance of solid propellants used in rocket propulsion systems.

According to the researchers, including Kabeer Jasuja and Chinmay Ghoroi, solid propellants usually need multiple additives to improve their burning rates, performance and maximise the energy of the fuel. While conventionally used fuel such as ammonium perchlorate