Thermodynamic Assessment of the NaCl-CrCl₂, NaCl-CrCl₃, and FeCl₂-CrCl₂ Pseudo-Binary Systems for Describing the Corrosion Chemistry Between Molten Salt Fuel and Steel

A thorough understanding of the corrosion chemistry between molten salt fuel and structural materials (e.g., steel) is key for the advancement of Molten Salt Reactor technology. In this work, we consider more specifically the case of a chloride fuel salt mixture and the thermochemistry of a salt mixture such as (NaCl-MgCl₂-PuCl<sub...

Coupled structural-thermodynamic modelling of the molten salt system NaCl-UCl₃

Molten chloride salts are ionic liquids in which the anions and cations exhibit network formation. An attractive salt system for use in molten salt reactors is NaCl-UCl₃, an ionic liquid with complex non-ideal thermodynamic behaviour due to the formation of short-range order. The relationship between local structure and...