The compressibility of molten salts

Yizhak Marcus*

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Abstract

Values of the adiabatic and isothermal compressibility, κS and κT, of some 80 molten salts at the corresponding temperature of T = 1.1Tm (Tm is the melting point) are obtained from literature data either directly or re-calculated here. For some of the series of salts: alkali metal halides and nitrates, divalent metal halides, and alkali metal sulfates and carbonates the κT values are inversely proportional to the corresponding cohesive energy densities ced (internal energies per unit volume, separately for each class of compounds). The ced values for 1:2 and 2:1 salts not previously evaluated are presented here too.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7-10
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Chemical Thermodynamics
Volume61
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Adiabatic compressibility
  • Cohesive energy density
  • Isothermal compressibility
  • Molten salts

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