Is it possible to have a car that runs of a slush oxygen engine?

Question

I also have two additional questions. Has anyone heard of this before or seen it in a movie because for me to use this for a school project it needs to be completely original. Also by any chance what would be the by-product of the engine?
Thanks

Answer 1

Well, if you mean liquid or near-liquid oxygen, I used to work with liquid nitrogen and the guy who delivered it also had liquid oxygen and I began asking about it and he said it was very dangerous/reactive in its liquid state and he proved it by letting a drop of it hit the asphalt parking lot (just a drop) and it exploded and left a dime-sized crater about a 1/4 inch deep! Okay, second part of this is that oxygen-we are now talking about the gaseous form of it-is NOT EXPLOSIVE. It is a flame/ignition/burning ACCELLERANT. It speeds up the burning process dramatically. I tested this on a cigarette that had just been lit (which usually can last about 4-5 minutes) and when I put a constant flow of oxygen on the cigarette it glowed very bright (for a cigarette) and was burnt down to the filter in about 20-25 seconds! Now, onto a different part that MAY be helpful and this may, in fact, be what you are looking for. They developed (only as a prototype but a working prototype) a ceramic engine (ceramic and silicon-based things can withstand very high temperatures) in which a separate machine/component would use hydrolysis-separating the hydrogen and oxygen molecules of plain water-to ignite the hydrogen and use the oxygen to accellerate that ignition and it was rather efficient. So, why did it never get very far? Ceramic is so fragile and susceptible to bumps, hits, etc that the engine would fall apart in whatever car it was in on the first bump or pothole it hit! But, it is a starting place for you anyway. Also, the oxygen/hydrogen ignition is exactly what the space shuttle uses....and the byproduct? Plain old harmless water. Cool, Huh? Hope I was of at least some help.

Michael

Answer 2

What you mean by "slush oxygen"? If you're trying to say liquid oxygen, well, geez, it doesn't even turn into a liquid until about -450 degrees F you know.

I've never seen anything like this in any movie, but I wouldn't doubt it if you said you have.

No it wouldn't be a by product of anything at all.

Think of something else.

Answer 3

it is not realistically conceivable. first of all, could you like topersistent around with 100lbs or greater of extreme explosive on your trunk? You get rear ended and it may wipe out an entire city. 2d, the thank you to you inject a sturdy into an engine? And finally, gasoline in an engine burns, it does not explode. Plastic explosive has a extreme quantity of explosive potential, yet little or no surely rigidity. gasoline, on the different hand, whilst it burns, creates heated gases which strengthen and that's the rigidity that strikes the piston.

Answer 4

Oxygen is not a fuel in any state, so the answer would be NO.