Chemistry International
Vol. 22, No. 6
November 2000
Conference
Announcement
NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Molten Salts: From Fundamentals
to Applications, 414 May 2001, Kas, Turkey
The scope of this workshop covers fundamental aspects and applications
of molten salts, glasses, and metal/ molten salt solutions. The Institute
will address both high-temperature and low-melting salts, and it will
deal with experimental approaches to reveal the microscopic, macroscopic,
and dynamic behavior of melts. The role of computer modeling as a link
between experiments and theory will be emphasized, as well as the importance
of multidisciplinary and multi-technique approaches to unraveling the
internal complexity of these technologically important liquids. The
need to build up an easily accessible and reliable database will also
be stressed.
Specific topics covered at the workshop will include the following:
interionic forces and relevant statistical mechanics, diffraction studies,
diffusion and transport, thermodynamics and thermochemistry, light scattering,
electrochemistry, computer simulations, metal/molten salt solutions,
ionic glasses, room-temperature molten salts, batteries, nuclear pyrochemistry,
fuel cells, and data in the age of computerized science.
For more information, contact the Institute Secretariat, c/o Joyce
Bartolini, IUSTI, Technopôle de Château Gombert, 5 Rue Enrico
Fermi, F-13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France; E-mail:
molten.salts@ iusti.univ-mrs.fr; Tel.: +33 4 91 10 68 82; Fax: +33
4 91 11 74 39.
Website: <http://iusti.univ-mrs.fr/NATO/NATO.html>