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To: Stosh

Re: post 12 - every “LiN3” should = “Li3N”.

Damned chemical dyslexia!

By the way, Li3N will be very water sensitive, so much so that I expect it will react spontaneously with moisture in the atmosphere, which will further complicate any real use of this system.


14 posted on 05/21/2012 5:50:02 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: Stosh
By the way, Li3N will be very water sensitive, so much so that I expect it will react spontaneously with moisture in the atmosphere, which will further complicate any real use of this system.

A bigger complication: you get Li3N by exposing Li to nitrogen. Refining lithium, however, consumes 35 kWh/kg. In comparison, burning one kg of coal produces just 2 kWh of heat energy (and much less than that in actual electrical output)

21 posted on 05/21/2012 6:22:54 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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