Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor

Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by werdnapk on Monday August 22, 2022 @07:58PM (#32558872)

Doesn't glass.... melt?

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by mulmen on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:30PM (#32559888)

So does metal. Welding is just melting two parts together.

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by baq on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:18AM (#32562682)

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by mulmen on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:24AM (#32565363)

What point are you trying to make here?

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by baq on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:51PM (#32567657)

no heat, no melting. just welding

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by HPsquared on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:23PM (#32568121)

Perhaps it would have been better to say "melting two parts together is just welding".

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by imtringued on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @02:05AM (#32575466)

We can do this with glass, however, lapping is incredibly expensive for something as simple as joining two pieces of glass together.

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by onlyrealcuzzo on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:06PM (#32559741)

At 3100 F.

Salt melts at 1474 F.

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by eitland on Monday August 22, 2022 @11:52PM (#32560286)

1704C

801C

(or

1978K

1074K)

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