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Re: rack power question


From: Brian Raaen <braaen () zcorum com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:15:36 -0400


Russia (or the USSR at that time) used to use liquid graphite to cool their 
nuclear reactors, even thought it was flammable.... of course that was what 
they were using in Chernobyl. 


-- 
Brian Raaen
Network Engineer
braaen () zcorum com

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, you wrote:

Dorn Hetzel wrote:
Of course, my chemistry is a little rusty, so I'm not sure about the 
prospects for a non-toxic, non-flammable, non-conductive substance with 
workable fluid flow and heat transfer properties :)

Mineral oil?  I'm not sure about the non-flammable part though.  Not all 
oils burn but I'm not sure if mineral oil is one of them.  It is used 
for immersion cooling though.

Justin




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