采用分子动力学模拟的方法,研究了LiCl-KCl-CeCl_3熔盐中CeCl_3的结构性质和热力学,获得了LiClKCl-CeCl_3熔盐中密度与组成、密度与温度的关系数据;径向分布函数g_(Ce-Cl)(r)的第一个峰位置为0.259nm,Ce^3+对应的第一个配位数约为6.9;混合熔盐中计算数据与纯熔盐中数据的差异可以解释为混合熔盐中Ce^3+和Cl^-的相互作用比纯的CeCl_3更强;LiCl-KCl熔盐中Ce^3+的自扩散活化能为22.5 k J·mol^-1,从活化能的本质来说,Ce^3+自扩散所需要克服的能垒要略低于U^3+(25.8 k J·mol^-1)。当Ce^3+的摩尔分数从0.005增加到0.05时,其指前因子从31.9×10^-5cm^2·s^-1减少到21.8×10^-5cm^2·s^-1;随着Ce^3+摩尔分数从0.005增长到0.05,单位体积内(忽略总体积的变化)Ce^3+的增加意味着其扩散阻力增加,而自扩散的能力降低,导致了指前因子的减小。
The structure and thermodynamics of CeCl_3 in molten LiCl-KCl-CeCl_3 mixtures were studied by molecular dynamics simulation. The relationship formulas of temperature and density, and composition and density were obtained. The first peak for the g_(Ce-Cl)(r) radial distribution function was located at 0.259 nm and the corresponding first coordination number of Ce^3+was ~6.9. This inconsistency between molecular dynamics and experimental data could be attributed to the fact that our values were obtained for molten LiCl- KCl- CeCl_3 mixtures, in which the interaction between Ce^3+and Cl^- was more powerful than that in pure molten CeCl_3.Regarding self-diffusion coefficients, the activation energy of Ce^3+was 22.5 k J·mol^-1, which is smaller than that of U^3+(25.8 k J·mol^-1). Furthermore, the pre-exponential factors for Ce^3+decreased from 31.9 ×10^-5 to 21.8 ×10^-5cm^2·s^-1 as the molar fraction of Ce^3+increased from 0.005 to 0.05. This means that in the unit volume(ignoring the change of total volume), the diffusion resistance of Ce^3+increased, and the self-diffusion ability decreased, which resulted in a decrease of pre-exponential factors.