Triethylaluminum

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Triethylaluminum or TEA ( (CH3CH2)3Al ) is a volatile organic chemical compound which is used in various chemical processing and as an ignitor for jet and rocket engines.

TEA is pyrophoric (can ignite on contact with air) and will ignite and/or decompose on contact with water, and with any other oxidizers. [1]

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 has not been for any production vehicle. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ TEA Material Safety Data Sheet, accessed March 27, 2007
  2. ^ Clark, John D., Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1972
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