@kalkulat to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoFirms are exploring sodium batteries as an alternative to lithiumwww.economist.commessage-square33arrow-up1191arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkFirms are exploring sodium batteries as an alternative to lithiumwww.economist.com@kalkulat to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square33file-text
minus-square@kalkulatOPlinkEnglish2•1 year agoIIRC sodium is the -cathode- in the battery. No molten (RU thinking of reactors?)
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI’m not thinking of reactors, though I am aware that molten sodium is used as a coolant fluid. It seems that I was remembering an off-hand comment in a MinutePhysics video from a few years ago. Molten sodium batteries do exist, but regular sodium batteries also exist.
IIRC sodium is the -cathode- in the battery. No molten (RU thinking of reactors?)
I’m not thinking of reactors, though I am aware that molten sodium is used as a coolant fluid. It seems that I was remembering an off-hand comment in a MinutePhysics video from a few years ago. Molten sodium batteries do exist, but regular sodium batteries also exist.