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Space propulsion has come to depend more and more on propellants which are normally gaseous in nature and which must be brought to low temperatures in order to be carried in condensed form. These propellants are the elements of the first horizontal rows of the periodic table and a few of their compounds.
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Tischler, A.O. (1966). The Impact of the Space Age on Cryogenics. In: Timmerhaus, K.D. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0522-5_1
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