Table 1

Candidate fluoride and chloride fuel salts considered in this work and their properties.

Composition [mol%] Density [g cm−3] Melting

Total Act. Temp.
LiF–ThF4 72–28 4.59 2.84 565 °C
LiF–UF4 73–27 4.67 2.89 500 °C
NaCl − UCl3 68–32 3.32 1.66 520 °C
NaCl − UCl3 60–40 3.64 1.97 590 °C
NaCl − UCl3 − UCl4 15–15–70 3.64 2.22 500 °C
UCl4 –UCl3 80–20 3.79 2.38 545 °C
UCl4 100 3.56 2.20 590 °C
NaCl–ThCl4 50–50 3.15 1.61 375 °C
NaCl–ThCl4–UCl_3 50–25–25 3.16 1.67 500 °C
ThCl4 100 3.82 2.33 770 °C

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