On 2011-11-25 14:50, vorl bek wrote:
Since lead melts at 327 Celsius, is there some lead alloy that would keep it solid at 450?
I think that, more simply, the reactor core could be surrounded by a jacket made of a metal/alloy of a higher melting temperature, containing lead which would safely melt inside of it during reactor operation.
Isn't something like this described in Rossi's patent anyway? Cheers, S.A.