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# 16076 byrmenich@... on Nov. 19, 2001, 5:13 p.m.
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From http://www.nature.com/nsu/011122/011122-3.html :
The interest in new oxygen allotropes is not purely theoretical. Liquefied
ordinary oxygen (O2) is used as a rocket fuel (called LOX), as it reacts
energetically with fuels such as hydrogen and hydrocarbons. As the O4
allotrope packs a lot of oxygen into a small space, it might be even more
energy-dense.
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