Battery having a molten alkali metal anode and a molten sulfur cathode

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A SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A BATTERY HOUSING, AT LEAST ONE ANODIC HALF-CELL UNIT WITHIN SAID HOUSING DEFINING AN ANODE-REACTANT CHAMBER AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHICH IS DEFINED BY A CATIONICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE, A MOLTEN ALKALI METAL WITHIN SAID ANODE-REACTANT CHAMBER, A CONDUCTOR EXTENDING FROM WITHIN SAID ANODE-REACTANT CHAMBER AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID MOLTEN ALKALI METAL, A CATHODIC HALF-CELL UNIT WITHIN SAID HOUSING AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHICH IS DEFINED BY SAID CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE, A CATHODE WITHIN SAID CATHODIC HALFCELL UNIT SPACED APART FROM SAID CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FIBROUS MATERIAL WITHIN SAID CATHODIC HALF-CELL UNIT, IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID CATHODE AND A SURFACE OF SAID CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE, AND IN CONTACT WITH A CATHODIC REACTANT-ELECTROLYTE THAT IS ELECTROCHEMICALLY REVERSIBLY REACTIVE WITH SAID ALKALI METAL, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID ALKALI METAL AND SAID CATHODIC REACTANT-ELECTROLYTE IN LQUID STATE, SAID CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE PROVIDING THE SOLE MEANS FOR REACTANT TRANSFER BETWEEN SAID ANODE-REACTANT CHAMBER OF SAID CATHODIC HALF-CELL UNIT, BEING SELECTIVELY-IONICALLY-CONDUC-