Rocket Fuels

German rocket scientists have given rocket propellants cryptic names, which are widely used today by all rocket scientists. These can be categorized into fuels, oxydizers, or monopropellants.

• Fuels:
  • E-Stoff: Ethanol
  • H-Stoff: Liquid Hydrogen
  • M-Stoff: Methanol
  • R-Stoff: 57% Monoxylidene oxide, 43% Triethylamine
  • Br-Stoff: not refined oil, benzine
  • N-Stoff: Nitrogen Tetroxide

• Oxydisers and catalysts:
  • A-Stoff: Liquid oxygen
  • B-Stoff: Hydrazine hydrate; catalyst for T+M mixture, also used as an oxidizer/catalyst with N-Stoff
  • C-Stoff: 57% Methanol, 30% Hydrazine hydrate, 13% water (by weight), catalyst: K₃Cu(CN)₄
  • S-Stoff: 90-97% Nitric acid and 3-10% Sulphuric acid
  • T-Stoff: 80% Hydrogen peroxide, 20% water (by weight); stabilisers: Phosphoric acid, Sodium phosphate, 8-Oxyquinoline
  • Z-Stoff: Calcium (or potassium) permanganate

• Monopropellants:
  • K-Stoff: Methylchloroformate, a solid propellant