[1M01-03] Characteristics of Liquid Li-Lead

[1M03] Molecular Dynamics Study on Physical Properties of Liquid Lead-17lithium Alloy

*Yun Gao¹, Guido Raos², Carlo Cavallotti², Minoru Takahashi³ (1.Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate school of Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering, 2.Politecnico di Milano, 3.Tokyo Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy)

Keywords:Lead-17lithium, Molecular dynamics, Thermal-physical property, Embedded atom method

Lead-17lithium (Pb-17Li) alloy has been considered as a candidate of liquid metal blanket for future fusion reactor. The thermal-physical properties of liquid Pb-17Li, i. e. density, heat capacity, viscosity etc. were calculated by using molecular dynamics simulations. The embedded atom method (EAM) was used to represent the many-body interaction within Pb-17Li. The simulation results of the thermal-physical properties were compared with the experimental results.