About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Materials and Chemistry for Molten Salt Systems
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Presentation Title |
Wetting Properties of Molten Salts at Material Interface for Reactor Applications |
Author(s) |
Michael Woods, Christopher Wolfe, Toni Karlsson, Ruchi Gakhar |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Michael Woods |
Abstract Scope |
The development of emerging molten salt-based technologies requires a fundamental understanding of the complex chemistry at the high temperature salt-alloy interface. Determination of the interfacial behavior will enable the estimation of mechanistic details pertaining to the corrosion of structural materials by molten salts. Contact angle is a key piece of information for understanding interfacial behavior (foaming, intrusion into pores, and wetting surfaces) and measurements performed at Oak Ridge National Lab during the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment demonstrate that the contact angle fluctuates with the redox chemistry of salt and presence of moisture. This study has used the sessile drop method to measure the contact angle at a three-phase interface of a liquid droplet on various substrates relevant to molten salt applications. This data and its implications to molten salt applications will be discussed. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
Keywords |
Nuclear Materials, Other, |