What was nitromethane made for?

Nitromethane is a colorless, oily liquid with a mild disagreeable or fruity odor. It is used as a propellant, fuel additive, rocket fuel, and solvent, and in making dyes, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.

What was nitromethane originally used for?

Nitromethane (75-52-5) is an explosive material that was originally manufactured for various applications including mining, construction, demolition, law enforcement, and military uses.

What does nitromethane do to engines?

Nitromethane is a little like gasoline that has been pre-mixed with nitrous oxide. The fuel comes with its own oxygen atoms to help it burn. The big advantage of nitromethane is that you can get a lot more power from each explosion inside the engine.

Why does nitromethane make so much power?

Nitromethane instead is partly composed of oxygen, and therefore requires only 1.7kg of air to burn per kilogram of fuel. This means that with the same amount of air, a nitromethane engine burns eight times the amount of fuel, making loads more power.

What is nitromethane anyway?

Nitromethane-or CH3NO2-is one member of a family of explosive compounds that contain nitrogen and oxygen.

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How much does a gallon of nitromethane cost?

… Nitromethane used to power the engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars costs about $16 US per gallon!

Can you put nitromethane in a car?

Nitromethane by itself does not burn, its only supplies more oxygen to the burn. Adding it to gasoline would be the same thing as running very high octane fuel, which involves motor knowlege and reworking to run safely.

What is the shelf life of nitromethane?

From my experience, it should last well over 1 year. In Quebec we stop racing in september and the season restarts in may. I regularly store fuel over winter and there are no problems.

Is nitromethane bad for the environment?

Based on this information and the expected low environmental concentrations, it is concluded that nitromethane is not entering the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that have or may have an immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity or that ...

What kind of fuel does Nascar use?

Sunoco's 260 GTX Racing Gasoline is the official fuel of NASCAR. Sunoco 260 GTX is an unleaded racing fuel that contains no oxygenates and no metal additives (lead). It also does not contain any ethers or alcohols such as ethanol or methanol or any other oxygenates.

Is nitromethane an explosive?

Explosive properties

Pure nitromethane is an insensitive explosive with a VoD of approximately 6,400 m/s (21,000 ft/s), but even so inhibitors may be used to reduce the hazards.

Is nitromethane flammable?

Nitromethane is a FLAMMABLE LIQUID. Use CO2, water spray or alcohol-resistant foam as extinguishing agents. DO NOT use dry chemical extinguishers on a fire.

What's the difference between nitrous oxide and nitromethane?

Nitro methane is a fuel used by top class Drag bikes/cars and is in no way similar or linked to nitrous oxide. In fact they couldn't be more different, as nitro methane is a flammable fuel, while nitrous oxide is a non-flammable oxidiser.

Can you drink nitromethane?

A nip of nitromethane wouldn't hurt, either, though you'd get liver and kidney damage if you drank it all the time.

Is nitromethane a carcinogen?

Nitromethane is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in ex- perimental animals. Exposure to nitromethane by inhalation caused tumors in two ro- dent species and at several different tissue sites.

What nitromethane is in fast and furious?

Dominic heads to the only car mechanic that sells nitromethane and convinces him to give up information regarding David Park, the man who ordered the fuel. The mechanic tells Dominic that the only car that uses nitromethane is a green 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport.

How do you dispose of nitromethane?

If you must throw it out, THROW it out. Please don't contaminate our environment or suggest that others do so. The alcohol and nitromethane may evaporate but the 18% oil will remain in the ground as a pollutant. It may not enough to be classified as a superfund site but it shouldn't be there.

Is nitromethane a rocket fuel?

Blended with methanol, nitromethane can be used as rocket fuel. The oxygen required for rocket combustion needs highly efficient engines with excellent volumetric efficiencies to achieve maximum power output. Nitromethane already contains the oxygen needed for complete combustion.

What color does nitromethane burn?

Chemicals that burn with a white flame and no additional required fuel include isopropyl nitrite, nitromethane, and hexamine.

What can I use instead of nitro fuel?

RE: alternative rc fuel

Nitro does not lube the engine, its the oil that does. Synthetic oil does not lube as well as Castor, so a castor synthetic blend would be the best.

Can you use old nitro fuel?

Fuel can be decades old and still run perfectly fine. There is a big myth that fuel degrades unilaterally and it's no good after X amount of time. If it's been sealed well in a climate controlled environment and out of sunlight, it should be just fine.

Does fuel expire?

Once you've put fuel in a container you only have a few months before the quality starts to fall away – even less if the fuel is contaminated in any way. Generally speaking, petrol has a shelf-life of six months if stored in a sealed container at 20 degrees – or just three months if kept at 30 degrees.

Does nitromethane evaporate?

Yes nitromethane evaporates. So does methonal, which also sucks up water.

What kind of engine is in a Top Fuel dragster?

Powered by a supercharged and fuel-injected 500-cubic-inch adaptation of the famed Chrysler Hemi engine, Top Fuel dragsters can burn up to 15 gallons of nitromethane fuel during a single run.

Does nitromethane mix with ethanol?

Nitromethane and Ethanol are readily miscible.