Comment on “Real Water” that poisoned dozens contained chemical in rocket fuel — An expert witness testified hydrazine was likely formed during an electrolysis process

PHLAK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well yes, but that stuff contained hydrazine.

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  • danielbln@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, this ain’t “dihydrogen monoxide lol11!”, hydrazine is really really nasty stuff.

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  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They can say it included a highly toxic chemical. Whether or not it’s used in rocket fuel is completely irrelevant.

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    • paintbucketholder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They could say that, but a primary use for hydrazine is rocket fuel, so I’m not sure why I should find the headline outrageous.

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      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Because we’re not talking about making rockets - we’re talking about water.

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  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Legitimately serious chemical, but the “cOnTaInEd cHeMiCaL iN rOcKeT fUeL” bit of the headline is sensationalist clickbait.

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      On the contrary, hydrazine is nasty stuff. If anything, the headline missed out on being more sensational than it could be.

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  • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Some mushrooms contain hydrazine (Gyromitra esculenta), just because its used as rocket fuel doesn’t mean IT’S rocket fuel.

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• agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hydrazine (from Wikipedia)

  Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula N2H4. It is a simple pnictogen hydride, and is a colourless flammable liquid with an ammonia-like odour. Hydrazine is highly toxic unless handled in solution as, for example, hydrazine hydrate (N2H4·xH2O).

  Hydrazine is mainly used as a foaming agent in preparing polymer foams, but applications also include its uses as a precursor to polymerization catalysts, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals, as well as a long-term storable propellant for in-space spacecraft propulsion. Additionally, hydrazine is used in various rocket fuels and to prepare the gas precursors used in air bags. Hydrazine is used within both nuclear and conventional electrical power plant steam cycles as an oxygen scavenger to control concentrations of dissolved oxygen in an effort to reduce corrosion.

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