liquid oxygen
a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
Origin of liquid oxygen
1- Also called lox, LOX
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How to use liquid oxygen in a sentence
The city of Orlando has urged residents to limit their water use, because the same liquid oxygen used to treat the water supply is being used to provide air to Covid-19 patients.
The SpaceX Falcon series of reusable rockets will propel the Crew Dragon into orbit using liquid kerosene and liquid oxygen.
The cost of the billionaire space race will be paid in carbon emissions | Purbita Saha | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe company has also built several new large tanks as part of the ground-support equipment that fuels the massive vehicles with liquid oxygen and methane.
SpaceX will soon fire up its massive Super Heavy booster for the first time | Eric Berger | July 14, 2021 | Ars TechnicaCompounding the danger was the fuel for the rocket engines, a tank of liquid oxygen so cold it frosted the X-1′s outer skin.
Chuck Yeager has died at 97, but the legacy of his record-breaking flight lives on | Rob Verger | December 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe line feeding liquid oxygen into the rocket engine breached and, without a supply of oxidizer, the kerosene fuel would not burn.
Virgin Orbit has a unique launch capability, but it’s come at a high price | Eric Berger | October 6, 2020 | Ars Technica
The Russians had developed a very powerful, very reliable, and relatively simple liquid oxygen/kerosene engine.
Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space? | P. J. O’Rourke | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe may safely feel certain that the nostrum was not liquid oxygen.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) | W. Grant HagueOxyliquit: liquid oxygen absorbed in a porous combustible material.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousThis liquid oxygen is then allowed to return to a gas and is stored in large gasometers or tanks.
Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting | Harold P. Manlyliquid oxygen doesn't exist above a temperature of 229 degrees below zero.
The Great American Fraud | Samuel Hopkins AdamsThe idea of liquefying gas—of circulating a liquid oxygen in the blood—seemed impossible.
The Great American Fraud | Samuel Hopkins Adams
British Dictionary definitions for liquid oxygen
the clear pale blue liquid state of oxygen produced by liquefying air and allowing the nitrogen to evaporate: used in rocket fuels: Also called: lox
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