Thermal Energy Stored for Decades Without Losses
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A new method for storing thermal energy without losses is discussed, with some skepticism about its novelty.
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Not sure what's novel here. Maybe its some small specific increment of efficiency.
Heat storage in "salt" is a common pathway. Salt being a generic word not sodium chloride specifically.
Almost anything in the "other phase" state is by definition stable for years without loss unless it sublimated. Ok, explosives aside..
(Not a chemist or a doctor or lawyer or engineer so there's that. Corrections welcomed)