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Multicomponent Diffusion in Molten LiCl-KCl: Dynamical Correlations and Divergent Maxwell-Stefan Diffusivities

Multicomponent Diffusion in Molten LiCl-KCl: Dynamical Correlations and Divergent Maxwell-Stefan Diffusivities

Brahmananda Chakraborty, Jin Wang, Jacob Eapen

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2013 May;87(5):052312.

PMID: 23767545

Abstract:

Multicomponent diffusional mechanisms in the ternary LiCl-KCl system are elucidated using the Green-Kubo formalism and equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. The Maxwell-Stefan (MS) diffusion matrix is evaluated from the Onsager dynamical matrix that contains the diffusion flux correlation functions. From the temporal behavior of the correlation functions, we observe that the Li-Li and Li-Cl ion pairs have a pronounced cage dynamics that remains noticeably strong even at high temperatures. Even though the Onsager coefficients, which are the time integrals of the diffusion flux correlation functions, portray a relatively smooth variation across various compositions and temperatures, we observe a sign change and a divergent-like behavior for the MS diffusivity of the K-Li ion pair at a temperature of ~1100 K for the eutectic composition, and at a KCl mole fraction of ~0.49 at 1043 K. Negative MS diffusivities, while unusual, are however shown to satisfy the nonnegative entropic constraints.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP65567966	Lithium chloride/potassium chloride eutectic		65567-96-6	Price

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