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TheHiveminder t1_ix33fa9 wrote

Reply to comment by Westerdutch in Super-hot salt could be coming to a battery near you by Apart_Shock

Incorrect. Previous designs stored energy as heat, this stores energy as a chemical reaction that requires heat.

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Westerdutch t1_ix3k0cf wrote

Thermal salt batteries do indeed exist but not all molten salt varieties are of the thermal kind. Check out the zebra battery for example, a very much 'chemical' molten salt battery form the 80s.

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