coolant
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a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another
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In his mind Vaughan saw the whole world dying in a simultaneous auto disaster, millions of vehicles hurled together in a terminal congress of spurting loins and engine coolant.
he added more coolant to the car's radiator
the atomic reactor used a gas coolant
lathe operators use an emulsion of oil and water as a coolant for the cutting tool
Additionally a regulated overpressure in the cooling system (regulated and maintained by the coolant filler cap spring pressure) prevents the forming of cavitation.
A higher temperature coolant would be less dense, and therefore a less effective moderator.