Re: rack power question

[Marshall Eubanks <tme () multicasttech com>]

On Mar 25, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Brian Raaen wrote:
> 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.

The RBMK-1000 used graphite for moderation and water for cooling.

Regards
Marshall

> --
> 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