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MSTDB Reference Documents/Publications

• Thermodynamic Measurements and Assessments for the LiCl-NaCl-KCl-UCl3 systems

  J.A. Yingling, J. Schorne-Pinto, M. Aziziha, J.C. Ard, A.M. Mofrad, M.S. Christian, C.M. Dixon, T.M. Besmann, J. Chem. Thermo., 179 (2023) 106974 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2022.106974

• Thermodynamic Assessments or Reassessments of 30 Pseudo-Binary and -Ternary Salt Systems

  Johnathan C. Ard, Juliano Schorne-Pinto, Mina Aziziha, Jacob A. Yingling, Kaitlin E. Johnson, Clara M. Dixon, Theodore M. Besmann, J. Chem. Thermodynamics 177 (2023) 106931  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2022.106931

• Application of the Redlich-Kister expansion for estimating the density of molten fluoride psuedo-ternary salt systems of nuclear industry interest

  Birri A, Gallagher R, Agca C, McMurray J, Ezell ND.  Chemical Engineering Science. 2022 Oct 12;260:117954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.117954.

   

   

• Development and Application of a Thermochemical Database (MSTDB-TC) for Modeling Corrosion In Molten Salt Reactors

  Theodore M. Besmann, Jacob A. Yingling, Johnathan C. Ard, Matthew S. Christian, Amir M. Mofrad, Juliano Schorne-Pinto, Mahmoud A. A. Aslani, Proceedings of the 20^th International Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems, paper ED2021-17137, Association for Materials Protection and Performance, July 18–21, 2022, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA.

• Thermodynamic Assessment of Lithium Halide Reciprocal Salt Systems for Energy Applications

  Mina Aziziha, Juliano Schorne-Pinto, Jacob A. Yingling, Clara M. Dixon, Johnathan C. Ard, Mahmoud A. A. Aslani, Amir M. Mofrad, and Theodore M. Besmann, J. Mol. Liq., 364 (2022) 119973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119973

• Modeling Metallic Halide Local Structures in Salt Melts Using a Genetic Algorithm

  Matthew Christian, Timothy Lynch, Juliano Schorne-Pinto, Amir Mofrad, Nancy Birkner, Kyle Brinkman, Wilson Chiu, Theodore Besmann, J. Phys. Chem. C, 126 22, (2022) 9239-9247 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00747

• Development of the Molten Salt Thermal Properties Database − Thermochemical (MSTDB−TC), example applications, and LiCl−RbCl and UF3−UF4 system assessments

  Johnathon C. Ard, Jacob A. Yingling, Kaitlin E. Johnson, Juliano Schorne-Pinto, Mina Aziziha, Clara M. Dixon, Matthew S. Christian, Jacob W. McMurray, Theodore M. Besmann, J. Nucl. Matls. 563 (2022) 153631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153631

• Empirical estimation of densities in NaCl-KCl-UCl3 and NaCl-KCl-YCl3 molten salts using Redlich-Kister expansion

  Agca C, McMurray JW.  Chemical Engineering Science. 2022 Jan 16;247:117086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2021.117086

• Correlational Approach to Predict the Enthalpy of Mixing for Chloride Melt Systems

  Juliano Schorne-Pinto, Jacob A. Yingling, Matthew S. Christian, Amir M. Mofrad, Mahmoud A. A. Aslani, and Theodore M. Besmann, ACS Omega, 2021: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c04755

• Saline: An API for Thermophysical Properties

  Henderson S, Agca C, McMurray JW, Lefebvre RA. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); 2021 Sep 1. https://doi.org/10.2172/1823319

• FY21 status report on the Molten Salt Thermal Properties Database (MSTDB) development

  Agca C, Johnson KE, Mcmurray JW, Yingling JA, Besmann TM. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); 2021 Aug 31. https://doi.org/10.2172/1814280

• Developing Practical Models of Complex Salts for Molten Salt Reactors

  Besmann, T.M. Schorne-Pinto, J., Thermo, 1 168–178 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/thermo1020012

• Roadmap for thermal property measurements of Molten Salt Reactor systems

  Mcmurray, Jake W., Kaitlin Johnson, Can Agca, Benjamin R. Betzler, Dave J. Kropaczek, Theodore M. Besmann, David Andersson, and N. Ezell. No. ORNL/SPR-2020/1865. Oak Ridge National Lab.(ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States), 2021.