Molten salt

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Molten salt is salt which is solid at standard temperature and pressure but liquefied due to elevated temperature. A salt that is liquid even at standard temperature and pressure is usually called a room-temperature ionic liquid, and molten salts are technically a class of ionic liquids.

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