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From: everyman@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (arvey j. shier)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Solid Fuel
Message-ID: <2055@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Date: 9 Mar 91 20:19:46 GMT
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Reply-To: everyman@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (arvey j. shier)
Organization: The Planet Gorn
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The aluminum in the SRB propellant is the fuel for the combustion
process. However, the amount of aluminum in the mixture does
corellate with the value of the Isp achieved. You are right when
you state that the details of the composition and all the 
combustion phenomena are available from any of the major 
organizations involved with the shuttle. NASA, Thiokol Chemical,
etc.