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Jim Adney wrote: >I don't know what the effects of these elements might be on steel, but I can't >help wondering why sodium was chosen for this application. > > > Liquid sodium is used to cool nuclear reactors (particularly on submarines) because it has excellent heat transfer properties. It also pumps well, and has a nice, high boiling point. Sodium also doesn't have much inclination to bond to other metals. Just don't expose it to anything towards the right side of the periodic table... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~