Demonstrates strategy for handling reactive molten sodium
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I don't know about chlorine trifloride, but that is one of the strategies used for reactive substances, like molten sodium: this video
Spinning Sphere of Molten Sodium
3.1M views · Jul 14, 2018 · 8:27 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2020–2022
Veritasium shows an experiment from Prof. Dan Lathrop's lab with a spinning sphere of molten sodium, used to study how turbulent convection in Earth's core generates a magnetic field. It is a short demonstration of dynamo physics.
Why Hacker News points people here: Cited as a visual example of dynamo flows and of the care needed when handling reactive liquid sodium.
“using liquid sodium for... anything requires an enormous amount of care”HN comment, 2022
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Related to dynamo flows in a spinning sodium sphere
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I thought it was well-accepted that current flows and their resultant magnetic fields were the dominant forces in the Earth's core. Modeling a chaotic dynamo is difficult, but people are working on it. The more I think about it, the more annoyed I am with this article. this video
“using liquid sodium for... anything requires an enormous amount of care”
Shows care needed handling liquid sodium
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Considering our very recent understanding of sodium Coulombic explosions[0], using liquid sodium for... anything requires an enormous amount of care[1]. [0] link [1] this video