Scientists invent fireproof fuel

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: Scientists invent fireproof fuel | Boing Boing

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[Brainspore]

@frauenfelder

Theoretically, the ionic liquid fuel could be used in any type of vehicle.

Think how much less explodey a Twin Ion Engine vehicle would be if it actually ran on ionic fuel.

[derioderio]

Link to story is broken. Use this link:

Scientists unveil fire-safe fuel 

[teknocholer]

@frauenfelder

…the ionic liquid fuel could be used in any type of vehicle.

But not the Ioniq. Ironic.

[mallyboon]

Or is it Ironiq?

[teknocholer]

Why not? Spelling is dead anyway.

[Doctor_Faustus]

So in the future I’ll have to use this

for this effect

[teknocholer]

@Doctor_Faustus

So in the future I’ll have to use this

“Comes with USB cable and one container of lighter fluid.”

[gatto]

awww. but if it were dead, then it’d be unchanging, life is change. and life always finds a way new spelling

( eta: spellinq? )

[cannibalpeas]

@frauenfelder

it can be mixed with conventional fuel and still behave the way it does on its own

So cue immediate lobbyist-approved legislation declaring the fuel can’t be used by itself for reasons and must be mixed with at least 90% petrol.

[MikeR]

@frauenfelder

Theoretically, the ionic liquid fuel could be used in any type of vehicle.

And ruin every single Hollywood car crash?

[BakaNeko]

[Medievalist]

I wasn’t able to get access to the actual scientific paper.

I’m having trouble visualizing how running electricity through a combusting fuel would work in an engine made of electrically conductive materials.

[nubwaxer]

Does it contain carbon? Hydrogen as a fuel does not release carbon into the atmosphere. It would be great if this potential fuel was likewise carbon-free

[Torlygid]

It sounds like the solid rocket fuel that Integza featured on his channel a few months ago. Maybe it’s a different chemical formula, but it sounds like works in a very similar manner.

This MATERIAL only burns whith ELECTRICITY !

[anothernewbbaccount]

Fireproof fuel IS i(r)onic.

(And spelling will be allowed to die over my dead body! Oh, wait…)

[sqlrob]

Wouldn’t the spark plug already cover that?

[Medievalist]

That’s actually helpful, thank you! You could do it in the fuel injectors and use ceramic seats like a spark plug does.

Of course the odds of being able to run a new fuel in an existing engine are pretty low… it’s always easy in theory, but unleaded gas ate my valve stems and faces, and ethanol gas mixes ate my gaskets and seals…

[hecep]

Back in the late 80s, NOVA aired an episode (Why Planes Burn) that looked at efforts to make airline fires survivable. One project tested how the addition of a certain additive to jet fuel effected its particular “misting” properties (upon being released during a crash) in a way that prevented the fuel from igniting. The link above takes you to the Internet Archive.