molten salt
Melted ionic compound
Molten salt is salt heated past its melting point into liquid form.
Various salts liquefy at different temperatures—some below 150°C, others above 800°C.
Molten salts serve as heat transfer fluids in solar power plants, as electrolytes in metal refining, and as coolants in experimental nuclear reactors.
Their ability to store thermal energy makes them valuable for renewable energy systems.
- nuclear reactorControlled fission energy source
- liquidFree-flowing substance
- liquid metalMetallic substance in fluid state
- sodiumEleventh element, highly reactive
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
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- energy sourcesoil, gas, coal, solar, wind
- aluminum industryaluminum, alumina, bauxite, smelting, smelter
- quenchantsbrine, mineral oil, cold water, hot oil, polymer
- reactorsfission reactor, reactor, fusion reactor, breeder reactor, bioreactor
- thermal storagehot water tanks, thermal mass, chilled water, concrete blocks, paraffin wax
- batteriesrechargeable battery, AAAA, D cell, car battery, lithium-ion battery
molten saltrock salt
Unrefined mineral sodium chloride
table salt · ice · salt crystal · salt crystals · sea salt
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