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On 16 Nov 2005 at 16:18, knowonelse@sbcglobal.net wrote: > Don't forget that the sodium in this location is in a fully > enclosed, sealed environment which means that as the > temperature rises, so does the pressure inside the valve > which affects the boiling temperature of the sodium. Right, but my understanding is that they actually only use a very small amount of sodium. Also, if one went to a boiling concept, then you'd have to be careful to use an amount that would limit the pressure rise to something that the valve could hold. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~