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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:21:17 -0700
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From: Chuck Cooper <cooperc**At_Symbol_Here**PDX.EDU>
Subject: Re: Chemical Safety Headlines From Google (14 articles)
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F-16's and other modern fighters
use hydrazine to power their Emergency Power Unit which provides about
10 min of electrical, hydraulic and engine restart power in the event of
engine failure. The tank is located near the wing root. The space
shuttle also uses hydrazine to power its APU's during decent. The
popping exhaust near the root of the vertical stabilizer that can be
seen sometimes, particularly at night, while it's sitting on the runway
are the APU's exhaust.
On Jun 14,
2011, at 10:02 AM, Debbie M. Decker wrote:
Hey:
Last week, (I think) I read one of these where an F-16 made
an emergency landing (in Madison, WI) with hydrazine aboard. That
seems incredibly strange to me. Would anyone in the collective
have an idea of why an F-16 would be carrying hydrazine? I assumed
it was in the crew compartment but the news story was typically
sketchy. Hydrazine is an ingredient in liquid rocket propellant
but this still doesn=92t make sense.
Any ideas?
Deb.
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Debbie M. Decker, Campus Chemical
Safety Officer
Environmental Health and Safety
University of
California, Davis
1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA
95616
(530)754-7964/(530)681-1799 (cell)
Chuck
Cooper
Senior Advisor for Research Safety
CHO, RSO,
BSO
Environmental Health and Safety
Portland
State University
503-725-4312
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