Thermo (Jul 2021)

Thermodynamic Description of the ACl-ThCl<sub>4</sub> (A = Li, Na, K) Systems

  • Jaén A. Ocádiz Flores,
  • Bas A. S. Rooijakkers,
  • Rudy J. M. Konings,
  • Anna Louise Smith

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/thermo1020009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 122 – 133

Abstract

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The ACl-ThCl4 (A = Li, Na, K) systems could be of relevance to the nuclear industry in the near future. A thermodynamic investigation of the three binary systems is presented herein. The excess Gibbs energy of the liquid solutions is described using the quasi-chemical formalism in the quadruplet approximation. The phase diagram optimisations are based on the experimental data available in the literature. The thermodynamic stability of the liquid solutions increases in the order Li < Na < K, in agreement with idealised interactions and structural models.

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