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Interesting. I had no idea the melting point of sodium was so low. The usual considerations for skepticism of battery technologies apply: - mention of a membra
by pjc50 1y ago
Interesting. I had no idea the melting point of sodium was so low. The usual considerations for skepticism of battery technologies apply:
- mention of a membrane. This is present in all sorts of battery technologies and tends to have weak points around cost and lifetime.
- poor passive safety. Standard lithium cells are usually tested to be puncture-safe. A tank of molten sodium cannot be puncture-safe, it will catch fire when exposed to air. So if something breaks off a plane and gets fired through the wing, the plane will become a fireball in the air.
- alkali rain. The touted benefit of being able to dump sodium hydroxide into the air omits to mention that you shouldn't get it on your skin. Yes, it will be dipersed if it's dropped from high altitude, but what about the rest of the flight?
- the chemtrail people would then be literally correct
- yetihehe 1y ago> poor passive safety. Standard lithium cells are usually tested to be puncture-safe. A tank of molten sodium cannot be puncture-safe This one could be mitigated by storing sodium as small pellets in oil, then melted little by little only when needed.
- aitchnyu 1y agoDoes a battery need to hot outside charging process and will the contents disperse to air in normal operation?