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NNadir

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4. The most famous molten salt is Flibe, which is beryllium based with...

Reply to StevieM (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 02:39 PM

Jan 2025

...a fluoride anion.

This is a different salt than Flibe, one that doesn't contain beryllium.

It does contain chlorine, which is somewhat problematic because it has two stable isotopes with a long lived radioactive isotope between, ³⁶Cl.

In theory, albeit not in practice, there are an infinite number of molten salts, including organic molten salts know as ionic liquids.

I'm actually working to get my son to listen to a mixed liquid metal/molten salt hybrid.

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High-Temperature Ferrofluids Based on Molten Salts [View all] NNadir Jan 2025 OP

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