Molten salt refers to a salt, which is normally a solid at standard temperature and pressure (STP), being in the liquid phase due to elevated temperature. A salt that is normally liquid even at STP is usually called a room temperature ionic liquid, although technically molten salts are a class of ionic liquids.
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Famous quotes containing the words molten and/or salt:
“And but for fancies, which aver
That all thy motions gently pass
Athwart a plane of molten glass,
I scarce could brook the strain and stir”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted?”
—Bible: New Testament Matthew 5:13.
From the Sermon on the Mount.