Citations:hypergolic


 * 1972,, Ignition!, p. 73:
 * Chlorine trifluoride... is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water—with which it reacts explosively.


 * 2004, Eric A. Hurlbert & al., "Propellant Ignition and Flame Propagation", Vigor Yang & al. (ed.), Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers,, Ch. 11, page 421:
 * Hypergolic ignition relies on exothermic low-temperature liquid-vapor chemical reactions to initiate combustion throughout the chamber.