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Liquid sodium...

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Liquid sodium is used in nuclear reactors. Its function is:

A

to collect the reaction products

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to act as heat exchanger

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to absorb the neutrons in order to control the chain reaction

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to act as moderator to slow down the neutrons

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Solution

The correct option is B to act as heat exchanger
Liquid sodium takes up heat released from reactors and transfers it to water which generate steams that is used to turn turbines. So it acts as heat exchanger.

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