How to Use nitrogen tetroxide in a Sentence

nitrogen tetroxide

noun

• The main engine on the Cygnus spacecraft burns a mixture of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
• The spacecraft was already loaded with nitrogen tetroxide, or NTO, the volatile, toxic oxidizer used by Dragon’s control thrusters in combination with hydrazine fuel.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
• The small rear-facing rocket engines are closely aligned with the station's velocity vector, and they're connected to six dedicated propellant tanks in the trunk containing hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide, combustible fluids that ignite upon contact with one another.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
• For example, the company traced the helium leaks to valve problems — specifically, degradation that occurred after exposure to nitrogen tetroxide, the oxidizer in Starliner's propulsion system.
  — Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026
• Fuels such as nitrogen tetroxide and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine are toxic and corrosive, while liquid hydrogen and oxygen must be stored at extremely low temperatures, posing risks of leakage, brittleness in metals, and explosive vaporization.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025