Talk:Sodium-sulfur battery

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The result of the debate was move. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 02:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

NaS battery → Sodium-sulfur battery – "Sodium-sulfur battery" appears to be used a little more frequently, if Google is any indication. Also, I think that it is best to go with the full name rather than an abbreviation, if the full name is in relatively common use. Finally, the new name would match the other battery article names. For example, the Lithium ion battery article is not named "Li-ion battery", Nickel metal hydride battery is not named "NiMH battery" and Nickel-cadmium battery is not named "NiCd battery" (they are all given as alternate names in the articles, of course). -- Kjkolb 09:58, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

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  • Support, avoid abbreviations. --Dhartung | Talk 11:49, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Support per rationale. Dekimasu 08:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Support per noination. Ratarsed 12:00, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. Femto 12:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

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[edit] Inert metal

Which is the inert metal used in Sodium-sulfur batteries ?. --HybridBoy 13:28, 22 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] A few suggestions to Greatly Improve the article

Unless I just missed it, it seems two important items are missing from the main article: Who invented it? Patents?

Perhaps someone who either lives in or frequently visits Japan could take (or otherwise legally obtain) GFDL-copyright-compatible pictures of the installation referenced in the article. In fact, an entire subsection of this article could be legitimately devoted to the topic. (e.g.: How old is it? Who built it for them? Any maintenace problems so far? Cost to build? Cost to operate? What will happen when it is time to retire the units? Are they recyclable, or rebuildable?)

Are there any other installations?

Badly Bradley 15:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] non-toxic ?

The text claims that the battery is made out of non-toxic materials, but I guess sodium and sulfur are pretty toxic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.155.59.212 (talk) 20:07, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Good point, I would not want to eat any sodium polysulfide, much less sodium metal.--Smokefoot (talk) 23:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC)