Several state-of-the-art applications of molten salts are presented, such as metal-molten salt systems, room temperature glass formation, and room temperature melts. Several recent examples of applications highlight the importance of molten salts in various industries (batteries, pyrochemical reprocessing of nuclear fuel, synthesis and catalysis). The basic concepts of the structure, dynamics, electrochemistry, interfacial and thermodynamic properties are detailed and relevant experimental methods described. Such fundamental concepts are essential for an in-depth understanding of the physicochemical properties of molten salts in general, including metal-molten salts, glass forming and low temperature melts. Experimental methods for investigating structural, dynamical, electrochemical thermodynamical and interfacial properties are detailed, as also are techniques for data collection and analysis.

Scientists, engineers and technologists will find the volume a valuable reference source covering a wide spectrum of fundamental concepts and modern technologies.

Inhalt

Preface. Molten Salts: Fundamentals. Interionic Forces and Relevant Statistical Mechanics; M.P. Tosi. Electronic Properties of Metal/Molten Salt Solutions; W.W. Warren, Jr. Light Scattering from Molten Salts: Structure and Dynamics; G.N. Papatheodorou, S.N. Yannopoulos. Neutron Scattering: Technique and Applications to Molten Salts; A.K. Adya. Metal-Molten Salt Interfaces: Wetting Transitions and Electrocrystallization; W. Freyland. Modelling of Thermodynamic Data; H.A. Øye. Thermodynamic Model of Molten Silicate Systems; V. Danek, Z. Pánek. Data Mining and Multivariate Analysis in Materials Science: Informatics Strategies for Materials Databases; K. Rajan, et al. Pyrochemistry in Nuclear Industry; T. Inoue, Y. Sakamura. Molten Salts for Safe, Low Waste and Proliferation Resistant Treatment of Radwaste in Accelerator Driven and Critical Systems; V.V. Ignatiev. Electrochemical Techniques; Some Aspects of Electrochemical Behaviour of Refractory Metal Complexes; S.A. Kuznetsov. Origin and Control of Low-Melting Behavior in Salts, Polysalts, Salt Solvates, and Glassformers; C.A. Angell. Electrodes and Electrolytes for Molten Salt Batteries: Expanding the Temperature Regimes; R.T. Carlin, J. Fuller. Synthesis and Catalysis in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids; P.J. Smith, et al. Coordination Compounds in Melts; S.V. Volkov. Calorimetric Methods; M. Gaune-Escard. Subject Index.