[TXnMA]

I should have checked those reference URLs before posting them. It looks like one of them has even been preempted by one of those nefarious "domain grabbers" who re-route traffic to undesirable locations.

Those papers were, indeed online when I used them as references a couple of years ago (while doing research on the compositon of the OKC truck bomb). However, like many things in this new medium, they obviously had a limited lifetime. (Webserver filespace is obviously considered to be more valuable and recyclable than printed journals...)

If you are truly interested in pursuing the nitromethane issue, FReepmail me, and I will dig out some current articles for you. Again, apologies for cutting-and-pasting old references without checking...

[TXnMA]

Here's a current, corrected URL for the technical session abstracts that should have been accessible via the second link I posted:

http://flux.aps.org/meetings/YR97/BAPSSHOCK97/abs/S1700.html