Hypergolic Propellant - Related Technology

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Although not hypergolic in the strict sense (but rather pyrophoric), triethylborane, which ignites spontaneously in the presence of air, was used for engine starts in the SR-71 Blackbird and the F-1 engines used in the Saturn V rocket.

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