Pros And Cons: The Formation Of Liquid Moolten Salts

DESs are defined as a mixture of two or more compounds with a melting point significantly lower than the melting points of the constituting compounds. Some researchers also named them as low-transition-temperature mixtures (LTTMs). The formation of liquid molten salts at room temperature is due to the establishment of hydrogen bonds between a hydrogen bond donor (HBD) and a hydrogen bond acceptor (HBA), usually a halide anion present in the salt. The freezing point depression of the mixture results from the formation of halide ion−hydrogen bond donor supramolecular complexes that alter the free energy of the solid phase compared to that of the liquid. DESs are currently attracting widespread scientific and technological interest as low cost