• ISBN13: 9781118448731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Chemistry
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley
• Publication Date: January 1, 2014
• Pages: 632
• Original Price: USD 365.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1221 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Chemistry / Inorganic

From the Back Cover

Both high temperature molten salts and room temperature ionic liquids (collectively termed liquid salts) have unique properties, including good heat capacity, good electrical conductivity and, in some cases, chemical catalytic properties. They are critical for the efficient production and processing of many different materials, for example the electrolytic extraction and refining of aluminium and silicon, particularly important in the post fossil fuel era. Other industrial applications range from solvents and fuel cells to alloy heat treatments and pyroprocessing in nuclear fuel.

With a focus on sustainable processes for the production and processing of materials, this book contains over 60 chapters and is organized into seven areas:

• Aluminium Electrolysis
• New Processes for Electrowinning
• Modeling and Thermodynamics
• High Temperature Experimental Techniques
• Electrochemistry in Ionic Liquids
• Nuclear Energy
• Energy Technology

Intended to provide a solid understanding of the properties, experimental methods, theoretical methods and applications of these materials, Molten Salts: Chemistry and Technology is an unrivalled reference for chemists, engineers and materials scientists in academia, research and industry.

Marcelle Gaune-Escard is Research Director at Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Marseille, France. Most of her scientific activities focus on the multi-technique physicochemical, structural characterization and modeling of lanthanide halides melts. She has contributed over 250 journal papers, and over 300 conference presentations, and been involved in Chairing and organising numerous International Molten Salt Conferences. She is well-known for editing and publishing her own newsletter, Molten Salts & Ionic Liquids (since 1976, distribution 600, 24 countries, quarterly; Web edition since 1996).
In 2004 Marcelle was awarded the Max Bredig Award in Molten Salt Chemistry, granted by the Electrochemical Society (USA) for the first time to a French female scientist.

Geir Martin Haarberg is a Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering department at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway since 2000. He has authored around 150 publications, including articles published in international journals, and conference proceedings (71).