This contains water and when the car's engine is running, the water flows through the engine block to help cool the engine. If the engine didn't have water to cool the block, it would overheat and break down. This is very much like a nuclear reactor. A coolant, usually water, is pumped through the reactor to carry away the heat produced by the fissioning of the fuel. In a reactor, as much as 330,000 gallons of water flow through the reactor core every minute to carry away the heat.
Water slows down the speed at which atoms travel.
This reduction in speed actually increases the opportunity to split, therefore releasing energy. Copyright 2000 Pinnacle West Energy. All rights reserved. For best viewing results, visit Microsoft and download the latest Internet browser.