SciTech, Liquid Metal Batteries

[mjmacky]

Since this branches from my field just a bit, I found this rather exciting. The liquid metal battery in which the cathode and anode are both in the liquid phase, and the electrolyte is a molten salt. There has already existed molten salt batteries, so this is not a huge jump in technology, but its operating conditions are quite significant in the terms of storing intermittent energy provided by green sources. It's a small talk, but interesting nonetheless.


http://www.ted.com/talks/donald_sadoway_the_missing_link_to_renewable_energy.html

[megabyteme]

That was quite fascinating. Like how he went about solving the problem, as well.

[Quarterquack]

Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but it doesn't seem like he had an "Aha!" moment. Why has no one in the field decided to separate liquid electrodes by density in the past?

[megabyteme]

Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but it doesn't seem like he had an "Aha!" moment. Why has no one in the field decided to separate liquid electrodes by density in the past?

They were all too dense.

:drummer:

[mjmacky]

Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but it doesn't seem like he had an "Aha!" moment. Why has no one in the field decided to separate liquid electrodes by density in the past?

That would be the only way to do it if you're going all liquid, I don't think many went the direction of all liquid in the past, seeing it as an obstacle rather than a benefit.

[mjmacky]

Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but it doesn't seem like he had an "Aha!" moment. Why has no one in the field decided to separate liquid electrodes by density in the past?

The were all too dense.

:drummer:

Would be a good idea to keep all spelling in order for the purposes of the joke.

[megabyteme]

The were all too dense.

:drummer:

Would be a good idea to keep all spelling in order for the purposes of the joke.

Out of 5 words, I got 4 spelled correctly. You are a teacher, that' still 80%. Puts me at the upper middle of the class. :snooty:

[Quarterquack]

Would be a good idea to keep all spelling in order for the purposes of the joke.

Out of 5 words, I got 4 spelled correctly. You are a teacher, that' still 80%. Puts me at the upper middle of the class. :snooty:

Yeah but the joke was a cliche. So you got a big fat zilch for it. When you average the score from the two categories you end up with a 40%. Puts you solidly under the passing grade.

[megabyteme]

Out of 5 words, I got 4 spelled correctly. You are a teacher, that' still 80%. Puts me at the upper middle of the class. :snooty:

Yeah but the joke was a cliche. So you got a big fat zilch for it. When you average the score from the two categories you end up with a 40%. Puts you solidly under the passing grade.

If we were to delete all the posts on FST with spelling mistakes and/or cliches, there wouldn't be much to read here. :noes:

And the drummer gets you a free pass on using cliches. :01:

[mjmacky]

I would have turned it into a thing, misspelling cliches.

[Squeamous]

That was inspiring and really interesting. He reminds me of the director of my institute and a few of my university lecturers. I love people like this.

[mjmacky]

That was inspiring and really interesting. He reminds me of the director of my institute and a few of my university lecturers. I love people like this.

Could you make your praise sound any more like a race to 5 or 10 post count as you work your way into the BT invites sections?

[Squeamous]

Could you make your praise sound any more like a race to 5 or 10 post count as you work your way into the BT invites sections?


Haha, cool.

[mjmacky]

Could you make your praise sound any more like a race to 5 or 10 post count as you work your way into the BT invites sections?


Haha, cool.

The capitalization and punctuation is all wrong. Anyways, was only trying to say that your response was too vague.

[Squeamous]

Haha, cool.

The capitalization and punctuation is all wrong. Anyways, was only trying to say that your response was too vague.


I'm sorry it displeased you oh lord; how may I please you? You only have to say and it shall be done.

[mjmacky]

The capitalization and punctuation is all wrong. Anyways, was only trying to say that your response was too vague.


I'm sorry it displeased you oh lord; how may I please you? You only have to say and it shall be done.

This is where I'm supposed to ask for tits. But I'm not interested in tits. Show me your probability density function of showing me your tits!

[Squeamous]

Stats porn isn't allowed on FST, and anyway, I'm not that kind of girl :snooty:

[mjmacky]

Stats porn isn't allowed on FST, and anyway, I'm not that kind of girl :snooty:

Whatever Lebesgian