Coordination and thermophysical properties of select trivalent lanthanides in LiCl-KCl

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作者
Fuller, Jon [1 ]
Moon, Jeremy [1 ]
Zhang, Jing [1 ]
Chidambaram, Dev [1 ]
An, Qi [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nevada, Dept Chem & Mat Engn, Reno, NV 89577 USA
关键词
MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; MOLTEN; UCL3; ACTINIDES; DENSITY;
D O I
10.1039/d1cp03056f
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The coordination chemistry of various fission and decay products, such as actinides and lanthanides, are crucial to the commercial deployment of molten salt reactors as they can affect the thermophysical properties. Here, we examined the structure, coordination environment, and physical properties such as the density and the vibrational density of states for three lanthanide species, namely Ce, Eu, and Sm in the LiCl-KCl eutectic system using a combination of quantum mechanics simulations and spectroscopic experiments. Quantum mechanics molecular dynamics (QM-MD) modelling was employed to determine the physical properties of each system resulting in accurate local coordination of each species. Then, the vibrational density of states (DOS) was determined using a two-phase thermodynamic modelling which was then compared to the experimentally obtained Raman spectra of the species in molten LiCl-KCl having the eutectic composition. We find that Ce3+, Eu3+ and Sm3+ all adopt octahedral local coordination environments in the eutectic salt composition in good agreement with experimental results. Ce3+ is found to fluctuate between an octahedral six-coordinated and a seven-coordinated structure due to the increased local proximity of Cl in the eutectic salt, resulting in a lower fluidicity/diffusivity than the other trivalent lanthanides studied. The thermophysical properties of the eutectic composition with trivalent lanthanides were not significantly different from the pure eutectic salt composition, but several changes were noted.
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页码:13102 / 13109
页数:8
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