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Potassium nitrate feeds strawberry fields and stores heat inside concentrated solar plants at 565°C—while regulators flag it as an explosive precursor.
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565°C operating temperature
Source: Solar Power Molten Salt -- Yara Industrial Nitrogen · Yara International · Jan 1, 2024
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