Research Article
The Effect of Menisci on Kinetic Analysis of Evaporation for Molten Alkali Metal Salts (CsNO3, CsCl, LiCl, and NaCl) in Small Cylindrical Containers
Table 1
Measured evaporation rates and experimental conditions used in isothermal thermogravimetric experiments for the molten alkali metal salts.
| | Molten salt | Temperature | Evaporation rate | Atmospheric | Contact angle [37] | Diameter of container | | (°C) | (mol/min) | Gas | (°) | (cm) |
| | CsCl | 850 | 1.39 × 10−5 | Air | 31 | 2.1 | | 890 | 2.45 × 10−5 | | 930 | 4.28 × 10−5 | | 970 | 7.22 × 10−5 | | 1000 | 1.78 × 10−4 |
| | CsNO3 | 500 | 3.29 × 10−5 | Air | 22 | 2.1 | | 540 | 6.27 × 10−5 | | 580 | 1.12 × 10−4 | | 620 | 1.90 × 10−4 | | 660 | 3.08 × 10−4 |
| | LiCl [1, 22] | 850 | 9.68 × 10−5 | Ar | 136 | 3.0 | | 900 | 4.19 × 10−4 | | 950 | 4.19 × 10−5 | 0.4 |
| | NaCl [23] | 935 | 2.00 × 10−4 | Ar | 113 | 3.81 | | 950 | 2.77 × 10−4 | | 985 | 4.03 × 10−4 |
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