Density and viscosity of fused mixtures of uranium chlorides and potassium chloride

High-Temperature Viscosity Measurement of LiCl-KCl Molten Salts Comprising Actinides and Lanthanides

“…7,10,11 In this study, in-housedesigned falling object was used to measure the viscosities of LiCl-KCl eutectic at 773 K in an argon-filled glove box. The speed of the falling object can be measured by using the optical method for the detection of the movement of the falling object in a molten salt.…”

Experimental studies of actinides in molten salts

“…Only limited viscosity measurements have been made with molten salts containing actinides. Researchers in the USSR have measured viscosities of uranium chlorides in molten chloride mixtures 148 and thorium fluorides in molten fluoride mixtures 149 in support of uranium extraction and electrorefining programs and in support of the USSR's fluoride-based reactor program, respectively. The molten salts were contained in cylindrical crucibles suspended in furnaces by torsion wires.…”