Elliot Ring & Hydrogen Peroxide

All:

I have recently had a short E-mail interaction with Elliot Ring.
For those of you lucky enough to own a copy of the book "Rocket
Propellant and Pressurization Systems", he is the author.  I have
received permission from Elliot to forward his E-mail messages
to me about hydrogen peroxide to the ERPS list.  They are attached below.

I will point Elliot to the ERPS sign Mail list sign up sheet at:

   <http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list>

and see if he wants to sign up.

I hope you folks find the messages below interesting,

-Wayne

> Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society.
> 
> I learned of your site recently, and was pleased to see that there is still
> an interest in experimental rocket propulsion. Good for you!
> 
> Your article describes an interest in Hydrogen Peroxide and mentions that a
> silver screen catalyst would melt when used with 95% Peroxide. This is
> contrary to my own experience, which is described in a final report on the
> development of a large scale Hybrid Rocket Motor using 95% Hydrogen Peroxide
> Oxidizer and polyethylene fuel, work which was done by General Electric Co.
> in the early fifties, on Project Hermes. I believe you will find the report
> of use in your work with Hydrogen Peroxide.
> 
> 
> ³Final Report, Hybrid Rocket Motor, and Supporting Development²  was issued
> October 1953, and, I believe, is available through the Armed Services
> Technical Information Agency, Arlington Hall Station, Arlington 12,
> Virginia, or, if not there, at the Defense Documentation Center, Defense
> Logistics Agency, Cameron Station, Alexandria, Virginia.
> 
> 
> Good luck,
> Elliot Ring
> 

> Dear Mr.  Gramlich,
> Sorry, I made a mistake.  My memory isn¹t as good as it has been.  The
> highest grade hydrogen peroxide I used was only at 90 percent, not 95.
> 
> If you are still interested you may want to contact Andrew Kubica who has
> kept up with hydrogen peroxide development.
> His address is: 23240 Mariano St.
> Woodland Hills, CA 91367
> 
> Elliot Ring
>