Everything about Triethylaluminium totally explained
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Triethylaluminium or
TEA is a volatile
organometallic compound which is used in various chemical processing and as an ignitor for
jet and
rocket engines. It is a colorless liquid with melting point -50 °C, boiling point 128-130 °C at 50
mm Hg,
flash point at -18 °C, and a characteristic smell. It is corrosive, causes burns, and is highly destructive to
respiratory tract.
TEA is
pyrophoric (can ignite on contact with air) and will ignite and/or decompose on contact with water, and with any other oxidizers.
TEA is one of the few substances volatile enough to ignite on contact with cryogenic
liquid oxygen, which makes it particularly desirable as a
rocket engine ignitor. It also can be used as a
rocket fuel, but hasn't been for any production vehicle.
Thickened pyrophoric agent
Triethylaluminium
thickened with
polyisobutylene is used as an
incendiary weapon, as a pyrophoric alternative to
napalm, for example in the
M74 rockets for the
M202A1 launchers. In this application it's known as TPA, for
thickened pyrotechnic agent or
thickened pyrophoric agent.
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