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Table 1

Physicochemical properties used for the fuel and fertile salt in the Benchmark, measured for the salt 78 mol% LiF-22 mol% ThF4 [29].

  Formula Value at 700  °C Validity range, °C
Density ρ (g/cm3) 4.094–8.82 × 10−4 (T (K) − 1008) 4.1249 620–850
Kinematic viscosity ν (m2/s) 5.54 × 10−8 exp{3689/T (K)} 2.46 × 10−6 625–846
Dynamic viscosity µ (Pa s) ρ (g/cm 3 ) × 5.54 × 10−5 exp{3689/T (K)} 10.1 × 10−3 625–846
Thermal conductivity λ (W/(m K)) 0.928 + 8.397 × 10−5 × T (K) 1.0097 618–747
Heat capacity C p (J/(kg K)) (−1.111 + 0.00278 × T (Κ)) × 103 1594 594–634a
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In fact, we have to extrapolate the formulas up to 700 °C.

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