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The sun’s energy in some cases can heat molten salt to 490 degrees Celsius (914 degrees Fahrenheit), which allows operators to predict when electricity will flow.
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Thousands of years ago, molten rock from Newberry Volcano devoured a standing forest, leaving the trees encased in hard rock when the lava cooled.
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But China is showing a new way forward—ironically, with a technology developed, then shelved, by the U.S. Molten salt reactors were first developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in the 1950s.
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At 11 a.m. kids can make molten lava slime inspired by the duel at Mustafar between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Hydrogen storage, molten salt and other forms of batteries all offer alternatives that have received significant investment in recent years.
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Nash Organics provided the stinging nettles that became a grassy blanket for taggiasca olives and molten pools of ricotta to lounge on.
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Frequent asteroid strikes turned parts of the planet into molten rock.
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That day ended on a pontoon boat, in front of cliffs turned molten by the setting sun, hippos yawning and huffing all around while a small group of us drank gin and tonics and learned the names of the birds feeding on the shore.
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Origin and Etymology of molten
Middle English, from past participle of melten to melt
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