The SR-71’s J58 engines could only start through use of two vehicle-mounted V8 starter engines, and the triethylborane used in the fuel would belch green flames during ignition.

A RECENT note1 described the yellow–green fluorescence which resulted from the injection of triethylborane into the upper atmosphere. At that time, the radiating species which produced this ...

We use the information you provide to make ... Chemists have assumed the reaction goes by a purely radical process because radical initiators such as AIBN or triethylborane are used to trigger the ...