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The following questions are about the nuclear reactor of a power plant. Why is liquid sodium (or carbon dioxide gas) pumped through the reactor? - Science

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The following question are about the nuclear reactor of a power plant.

Why is liquid sodium (or carbon dioxide gas) pumped through the reactor? 

 

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Solution

 Liquid sodium is pumped to transfer the heat produced in the reactor by fission to a heat exchanger for converting water into steam.

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Chapter 3: Sources of Energy - Exercise 5 [Page 157]

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Lakhmir Singh Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
Chapter 3 Sources of Energy
Exercise 5 | Q 21.6 | Page 157
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