liquid coolant system

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• coolant — Liquid in the cooling system. Usually a mixture of water and antifreeze (ethylene glycol). This mixture lowers the freezing point of the water in the cooling system, prevents rust and corrosion, lubricates the water pump, and picks up heat from… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Coolant — A coolant is a fluid which flows through a device to prevent its overheating, transferring the heat produced by the device to other devices that use or dissipate it. An ideal coolant has high thermal capacity, low viscosity, is low cost, non… …   Wikipedia

• Liquid metal cooled reactor — A Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor, liquid metal fast reactor or LMFR is an advanced type of nuclear reactor where the primary coolant is a liquid metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for nuclear submarine use but have also… …   Wikipedia

• coolant — /ˈkulənt / (say koohluhnt) noun 1. a substance, usually a liquid or gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat evolved in the operation of the system, as the liquid in a motor vehicle… …  

• coolant recovery system — A small bottle that acts as a reservoir for liquid expelled from the cooling system through the overflow pipe and returns the liquid to the system when it cools down. A special radiatorpressure cap is also part of the kit. It is also called a… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• coolant — /kooh leuhnt/, n. 1. a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or… …   Universalium

• coolant — cool•ant [[t]ˈku lənt[/t]] n. 1) thr a substance, as a liquid or gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value 2) thr a lubricant that dissipates the heat caused by friction • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

• Life support system — For other uses of Life support , see Life support (disambiguation). In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices that allow a human being to survive in space. US government space agency NASA,[1] and private spaceflight… …   Wikipedia

• engine coolant — Antifreeze liquid used in the engine s cooling system …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …   Universalium

• Nuclear reactor — Core of CROCUS, a small nuclear reactor used for research at the EPFL in Switzerland This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are… …   Wikipedia