Which risk increases when a rocket propellant's molecular nitrogen concentration rises?

💡 Explanation

Combustion instability increases because Rayleigh's criterion predicts instability from higher pressure oscillations coinciding with heat release, driven by accelerated molecular diffusion of nitrogen. Decreased temperature is less likely; therefore, instability, rather than stable burning, will result due to nitrogen presence.

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