Crossword clues for oxidizer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oxidizer \Ox"i*di`zer\, n. (Chem.) An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1875, agent noun from oxidize.
Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) An oxidizing agent, especially one used to oxidize the fuel of a rocket or a fuel cell.
WordNet
n. a substance that oxidizes another substance [syn: oxidant, oxidiser, oxidizing agent]
Wikipedia
Oxidizer is the third and final album by industrial rock band Chemlab.
Usage examples of "oxidizer".
Water-mining organisms recruited sulfur oxidizers, trading precious water for energy and forming warty outgrowths like stromatolites.
In order to have twice the specific impulse and burn time, the tankage for both fuel and oxidizer had to be larger.
This last pair were the latest in Russian design, powered by a liquid monopropellant with its own oxidizer.
So we've made a whole stack of modifications: we increased the oxidizer inducer diameter, strengthened the gimbal seat and the cross block, strengthened the high pressure ducts and the thrust chambers, beefed up the turbine exhaust manifold, improved the heat exchanger, increased the power of the turbine.
They attached three power cables along with four hoses that would maintain the gas pressure in the fuel and oxidizer tanks—.
The weight of the rocket on the launch pad had been 260,000 pounds, most of it oxidizer and fuel, the liquid oxygen and RP-1 fuel.
If it could be shown that propellants and oxidizers for the return journey could be manufactured on Mars, the weight and costs of future trips there could be cut by more than half.