University of South Carolina's Ted Besmann on The Thermochemical Molten Salt Database ("MSTDB-TC").
Contents:
• Complexity of MSR simulation
• Base salt systems
• Need for thermodynamic information/database
• Nature of a thermodynamic database
• Methodologies
• Examples of original data determinations
• Description of the database MSTDB-TC
• Application examples
Fission Products of Interest:
- Radiological hazard Cs, I, Sr
- Reactive Zr, Te, and lanthanides
- Noble metals Rh, Ru, Tc, Pd
- Tc, Mo can be halide as well
- Noble gases Xe, Kr, He
Corrosion Products:
- Halides of Cr, Fe, Ni
- Exfoliated graphite
- Contaminants
- Oxygen
- Water