| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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High Temperature Electrochemistry: An FMD Symposium Honoring Uday B. Pal
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| Presentation Title |
High-Throughput Measurement Techniques for Physical Properties of Molten Salt |
| Author(s) |
Alexander Levy, Haoxuan Yan, Uday Pal |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Alexander Levy |
| Abstract Scope |
Material characterization in molten salt technologies has become more prevalent. Several properties of interest for process design and liquid structure investigations include density, viscosity, surface tension and electrical conductivity. A series of improved high throughput measurement techniques to accurately measure these properties as a function of temperature will be presented. These include a falling ball viscometer with a laminar flow relationship (tested for Re(rball) up to 800), a maximum bubble pressure method, and a concentric electrode method for measuring viscosity, surface tension, and electrical conductivity, respectively. Each have been adapted to high temperature application and designed for use in a glove box compatible small form factor furnace environment. Measurements have been taken on molten salt reactor (MSR) coolant candidate LiF-NaF-KF (m% 46.5-11.5-42) and NaF-ZrF4 (mol% 53-47) representing the NaF-ZrF4-UF4 (m% 53-41-6) fuel candidate. Measurements taken are in good agreement with reported values in the literature. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
High-Temperature Materials, Nuclear Materials, Other |