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'''Fuel''', also called '''propellant''', is an expendable [[resource]] used by [[reaction engine]]s to generate [[thrust]]. Some fuels require another resource for the engine using them to operate, and others operate alone. The [[ISRU Converter]] on a craft can be used to convert [[Ore]] that has been drilled to fuel, but there are no other ways to generate fuel {{Check version||1.0.2}}; its only source is tanks added to [[craft]] during construction in the [[Editor]].
 
 
== Types ==
 
The types of fuel are:
 
* [[Liquid fuel]]
 
* [[Solid fuel]]
 
* [[Monopropellant]]
 
* [[Xenon gas]]
 
All fuels can be transferred between compatible types of fuel storage tanks ''except'' solid fuel, which is built into the same part as the engines which utilize it.
 
 
'''Liquid fuel''' is the most commonly used and must be combusted with a resource representing [[oxygen]]. For [[rocket engine]]s it must be combined with onboard [[oxidizer]] in a 9:11 ratio of fuel to oxidizer. For [[jet engine]]s each unit of fuel must be combined with 11 units of [[intake air]] continuously collected inside an oxygen-rich [[atmosphere]].
 
 
'''Solid fuel''' works alone and is built into solid rocket boosters (SRBs).
 
 
'''Monopropellant''' works alone, most often used in [[Reaction Control System]] thrusters.
 
 
'''Xenon gas''' is used by [[ion engine]]s, accelerated by electromagnetic forces, and requires [[electric current]] either stored in [[battery|batteries]] and/or drawn from generators or solar panels.
 

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