Summary of Dr. Scarlats Recent Work - ondrejch/Molten_salt_chemistry GitHub Wiki

This page is an organization of Dr. Scarlat most recent work (2023-2024) According to general subject area.

1. Molten Salt Chemistry and Speciation

• Chemistry Control and Hydrogen Speciation in Molten Fluoride Salts
  Authors: H Williams, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 2/2

• Solubility of Beryllium Metal in Molten 2LiF-BeF2
  Authors: S Ratso, H Williams, N Gardner, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 4/4

• Oxide Speciation and Oxy-Fluoro Complexes in Molten Fluoride Salts
  Authors: H Williams, S Ratso, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 3/3

• Evaluation of an Ag/AgF Reference Electrode for Electrochemical Measurements of Molten 2LiF-BeF2
  Authors: TR Pickarski, H Williams, RO Scarlat, M Borrello
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 3/4

• Speciation and Diffusivity of Hydrogen in Molten 2LiF-BeF2 for Nuclear Fission and Fusion Applications
  Authors: H Williams, Z Falkowski, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 3/3

• Investigation of the Relationship between Molten Fluoride Salt Structure and Fluoroacidity Using Chromium as a Probe Redox Ion
  Authors: H Williams, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 2/2

• Measuring Redox Potential and Quantifying Oxide Content in Molten Fluoride Salt Loops
  Authors: M Borrello, H Williams, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 3/3

• Complex Structure of Molten FLiBe Examined by Experimental Neutron Scattering, X-Ray Scattering, and Deep-Neural-Network Based Molecular …
  Authors: S Fayfar, R Chahal, H Williams, DN Gardner, G Zheng, D Sprouster, RO Scarlat, et al.
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 7/7

• Revealing the complex structure of molten FLiBe by experimental x-ray scattering, neutron scattering, and deep neural network-based molecular dynamics
  Authors: S Fayfar, R Chahal, H Williams, DN Gardner, G Zheng, D Sprouster, RO Scarlat, et al.
  Year: 2023
  Authorship Position: 7/7

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2. Corrosion and Material Degradation in Molten Salt Environments

• Elucidating the Role of Cr Migration in Ni-Cr Exposed to Molten FLiNaK via Multiscale Characterization
  Authors: SH Mills, RD Hayes, N Bieberdorf, SE Zeltmann, AM Kennedy, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 6/6

• Revisiting Open Circuit Corrosion of Cr in Unpurified Molten FLiNaK Salts with a Multi-Modal Approach
  Authors: E Romanovskaia, HL Chan, F Garfias, V Romanovski, S Mastromarino, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2023
  Authorship Position: 6/6

• An In Situ, multi-electrode electrochemical method to assess the open circuit potential corrosion of Cr in unpurified molten FLiNaK
  Authors: E Romanovskaia, HL Chan, V Romanovski, F Garfias, M Hong, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2023
  Authorship Position: 6/6

• The corrosion effects of neutron activation of 2LiF-BeF2 (FLiBe)
  Authors: L Vergari, RO Scarlat, RD Hayes, M Fratoni
  Year: 2023
  Authorship Position: 2/4

• Lessons Learned in How to Conduct Irradiated Salt Experiments
  Authors: C Forsberg, DM Carpenter, RO Scarlat, K Robb, AI Hawari
  Year: 2023
  Authorship Position: 3/5

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3. Hydrogen Behavior and Measurement in Nuclear Materials

• Studies of Hydrogen Desorption in Graphite Using Extreme Time Scale Chronoamperometry in a Molten Salt Environment
  Authors: C Bruni, L Vergari, H Williams, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 4/4

• Microelectrode-Based Diffusivity Measurements of Hydrogen in Molten 2LiF-BeF2
  Authors: TR Pickarski, CT Chen, ED Smith, RO Scarlat, G Su
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 4/5

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4. Material Properties and Tribology of Nuclear Graphite and Related Materials

• Surface Fluorination of Nuclear Graphite Exposed to Molten 2LiF–BeF2 (FLiBe) Salt and Its Cover Gas at 700 °C
  Authors: L Vergari, H Wu, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2024
  Authorship Position: 3/3

• Microstructural characterization data for nuclear graphite samples generated during tribology testing in argon
  Authors: L Vergari, J Quincey, GM de Bellefon, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2023
  Authorship Position: 4/4

• Wear and Friction of Nuclear Graphite in FLiBe
  Authors: L Vergari, J Xu, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2023
  Authorship Position: 3/3

• Self-lubrication of nuclear graphite in argon at high temperature
  Authors: L Vergari, J Quincey, GM De Bellefon, T Merriman, M Hackett, RO Scarlat
  Year: 2023
  Authorship Position: 6/6

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