Crysilex

Crysilex is a crystalline compound created only in laboratory conditions; it is not found in nature. It was created in response to the growing shortage of fossil fuels and has proven to be the perfect alternative. Its explosive potential is equal to twenty-five sticks of dynamite per gallon (as compared to the sisxteen sticks per gallon of conventional gasoline), is shock insensitive and produces no emissions aside from trace amounts of carbon dioxide and water vapor. The greatest downfall of crysilex is that it is extremely unstable; it will spontaneously combust when exposed to air at temperatures over twelve degrees Celsius. It was almost shelved as a failed project.

However, it was discovered that when crysilex is ground into a fine powder and mixed in a solution of isopropyl alcohol, it would remain stable at temperatures up to one hundred twenty-one degrees Celsius while remaining shock insensitive. It was approved for use in civilian vehicles within two years and has since become a booming industry. It is more expensive per gallon than gasoline, but because it requires less volume to produce the same amount of power, the cost factor is mitigated somewhat. Its use in internal combustion engines and its reaction is very similar to that of gasoline. However, a crysilex engine is not capable of producing the same degree of torque as a diesel engine is and so, those remain in use until an alternative fuel can be developed.










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