Nanometallic fuel for the rocket engines

The fuel occupies a considerable part of the rocket mass, so researches for the possibility of its volume decrease are carrying out constantly. Therefore one of the possible ways is to use the metals among which aluminum is high energy effective. At the same time it is determined that aluminum powders with nanometer diapason particles possess higher fuel characteristics in comparison with macrocrystalline aluminum. The technology of obtaining the nanopowder aluminum by the method of electric explosion of the conductor is described. High energy effectiveness of nanopowder aluminum connects with a rise of the accumulated energy in its particles. The use of nanopowder aluminum allows to decrease the fuel mass.