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I wonder what kind of materials they use in the secondary heat exchanger loop piping to keep the molten sodium and steam apart while still allowing heat exchang
by danans 5y ago
I wonder what kind of materials they use in the secondary heat exchanger loop piping to keep the molten sodium and steam apart while still allowing heat exchange between the two.
- brandmeyer 5y agoThat's a good question. The short answer is that the only molten salt reactor in the US used Hastalloy-N (a Ni alloy), and it failed. See also: https://art.inl.gov/ART%20Document%20Library/High%20Temperature%20Materials/45171%20Status%20of%20Metallic%20Structural.pdf https://art.inl.gov/ART%20Document%20Library/High%20Temperat...