Molten salts: from fundamentals to applications : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Molten Salts: From Fundamentals to Applications, Kas, Turkey, 4-14 May 2001

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. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Molten Salts: Fundamentals....Pages 1-22 Electronic Properties of Metal/Molten Salt Solutions....Pages 23-46 Light Scattering from Molten Salts: Structure and Dynamics....Pages 47-106 Neutron Scattering: Technique and Applications to Molten Salts....Pages 107-148 Metal-Molten Salt Interfaces: Wetting Transitions and Electrocrystallization....Pages 149-177 Modelling of Thermodynamic Data....Pages 179-211 Thermodynamic Model of Molten Silicate Systems....Pages 213-240 Data Mining and Multivariate Analysis in Materials Science....Pages 241-248 Pyrochemistry in Nuclear Industry....Pages 249-261 Molten Salts for Safe, Low Waste and Proliferation Resistant Treatment of Radwaste in Accelerator Driven and Critical Systems....Pages 263-282 Electrochemical Techniques....Pages 283-303 Origin and Control of Low-Melting Behavior in Salts, Polysalts, Salt Solvates, and Glassformers....Pages 305-320 Electrodes and Electrolytes for Molten Salt Batteries: Expanding the Temperature Regimes....Pages 321-344 Synthesis and Catalysis in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids....Pages 345-355 Coordination Compounds in Melts....Pages 357-373 Calorimetric Methods....Pages 375-400 Back Matter....Pages 401-404 Intending these truncated proceedings of the May 2001 meeting to serve as a textbook rather than an ordinary proceedings volume, Gaune-Escard (Institut Universitaire des Systemes Thermiques Industriels, France) presents 16 papers topics of molten salts including electronic properties, light and neutron scattering, thermodynamic modeling, pyrochemistry in the nuclear industry, electrochemical techniques, and molten salt batteries. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) The crystal structures of metal halide compounds arise from electronic charge transfer and local compensation of positive and negative ionic charges by formation of chemical order. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Kas, Turkey, 4-14 May 2001