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by isoprophlex 296 days ago
None, really. Pure, fine sand being mostly silicon dioxide, it melts at ~2000 and boils at ~3000 C, still without decomposing or reacting. It is really extremely chemically stable.

That said in practice, at scale... before filling up your storage tank you'd probably need to pre-heat it once to remove all moisture and volatile gunk adsorbed onto the sand.