The present study focused on the development of a method to measure the density of molten salt. The method was validated by measuring densities of molten LiF−ThF 4 and LiF−ThF 4 −UF 4 salts and comparing them with ideal-mixture calculations and reference data. For LiF−ThF 4 , densities obtained in this study showed deviations less than 3% from the previously reported densities and the calculated values obtained using the ideal-mixture formula. For LiF−ThF 4 −UF 4 , deviations from idealmixture calculations were within 3%. Densities of a molten NaF−KF−UF 4 and a molten NaF−BeF 2 −UF 4 −ZrF 4 were also measured from 813 to 1173 and 838 to 1073 K, respectively. The measured values of these salts showed less than 2% deviations from the ideal-mixture values. In addition, the measured densities of the NaF−KF−UF 4 and NaF−BeF 2 −UF 4 −ZrF 4 salts showed similar trends to the density-temperature correlations of NaF−KF−UF 4 and NaF−BeF 2 −UF 4 salts, respectively, with similar compositions reported by previous studies.
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