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specific impulse: a standalone construct

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Aerospace engineering

thrust delivered per unit weight flow of propellant, the standard measure of how efficiently a rocket or jet uses its propellant.

In aerospace engineering, specific impulse refers to thrust delivered per unit weight flow of propellant, the standard measure of how efficiently a rocket or jet uses its propellant. This meaning comes from Sutton (2017) in Rocket propulsion elements - 9. edicion.[1]

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References

Sutton, G. P., & Biblarz, O. (2017). Rocket propulsion elements - 9. edicion. Wiley. ISBN 9781118753651

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