T-Stoff
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- ''For the T-stoff used as a tear gas in World War I, see xylyl bromide.
T-stoff is an oxidizer part of a
bipropellant rocket fuel used in
Germany during
World War 2. It is a stabilized
high test peroxide. One of its uses was to be combined with
C-Stoff (
methanol-
hydrazine mixture) in the
Messerschmitt Me 163 for fuel, at a ratio of three parts
C-Stoff to one part T-stoff. The extreme oxidizing potential of T-stoff caused it to decompose and react violently when brought into contact with any combustible substance, including human flesh. Because the two substances were so visibly similar, a complex testing system was developed to make sure that each fuel was put into the correct tanks of the
Messerschmitt Me 163, as an improper loading would cause the aircraft to explode.
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