Roger Halstead wrote:


A lump of sodium might make one eligible for a Darwin Award

Oh, for heaven's sake.

Well, Cecil's classmate must have been a prime candidate, with his
original idea about flushing a large lump down the toilet. Can't you see
him, arriving at the Pearly Gates, still clutching the flush lever in
his hand...

Sodium is easily handled if you are familiar with the stuff.
[...]
Don't get it near water

On the north coast of Scotland there used to be a nuclear power reactor
that was cooled by molten sodium. On the other side of the main heat
exchanger was high-pressure water, separated by the thinnest possible
sheets of metal. The guys who operated the heat exchangers used to
complain about that highly corrosive liquid... but they were talking
about the water.


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73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek