The structure of liquid alkali nitrates and nitrites

Wilding, Martin C.; Wilson, Mark; Ribeiro, Mauro C. C.; Benmore, Chris J.; Weber, J. K. R.; Alderman, O. L. G.; Tamalonis, Anthony; Parise, J. B.

doi:10.1039/c7cp03465b

Title: The structure of liquid alkali nitrates and nitrites

Journal Article · Wed Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp03465b· OSTI ID:1377899

Wilding, Martin C. ^[1];

^[2]; Ribeiro, Mauro C. C. ^[3]; Benmore, Chris J. ^[4]; Weber, J. K. R. ^[5];

^[5]; Tamalonis, Anthony ^[6]; Parise, J. B. ^[7]

Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Oxford, Oxford (United Kingdom)
Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Materials Development Inc., Arlington Heights, IL (United States)
Materials Development Inc., Arlington Heights, IL (United States)
SUNY, Stony Brook, NY (United States)

State of the art high energy X-ray diffraction experiments and simulation models (employing a description of charge transfer) are applied to pure molten alkali nitrates and nitrites and uncover significant emerging structure.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1377899

Journal Information:: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP, Vol. 19, Issue 32; ISSN 1463-9076

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