sodium-cooled
Look at other dictionaries:
Sodium-cooled fast reactor — The Sodium cooled fast reactor or SFR is a Generation IV reactor project to design an advanced fast neutron reactor.It builds on two closely related existing projects, the LMFBR and the Integral Fast Reactor, with the objective of producing a… … Wikipedia
sodium cooled valve — See sodium cooled valve … Dictionary of automotive terms
sodium-cooled valve — An exhaust valve with a hollow stem that is partially filled with metallic sodium. When the valve gets hot enough (138°C), the sodium melts and moves up and down in the valve stem. The sodium absorbs heat from the hot valve head and carries it… … Dictionary of automotive terms
sodium-cooled exhaust valve — The exhaust valves of some high performance engines are filled with sodium to improve the heat dissipation from the valve stem to the valve guide, since the exhaust valve is subject to higher thermal loads than the intake valve … Dictionary of automotive terms
Sodium — This article is about the chemical element. For the PlayStation Home game, see Sodium (PlayStation Home). neon ← sodium → magnesium Li ↑ Na ↓ K … Wikipedia
sodium — /soh dee euhm/, n. 1. Chem. a soft, silver white, metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in moist air, occurring in nature only in the combined state, and used in the synthesis of sodium peroxide, sodium cyanide, and tetraethyllead: a necessary… … Universalium
cooled valve — See sodium cooled valve … Dictionary of automotive terms
Sodium carbonate — Sodium carbonate … Wikipedia
Sodium sulfate — Other names … Wikipedia
Sodium percarbonate — Sodium percarbonate … Wikipedia
