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. 2019 May 29;119(13):7940–7995. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00763

Table 5. Thermal Conductivities of Molten Salts with Nonpolarizable and Polarizable Force Fields.

λT [W m–1 K–1] LiCl (1200 K) NaCl (1300 K) KCl (1300 K)
polarizable force field 0.643 0.509 0.343
polarizable force field (only nonpolarizable contributions) 1.321 0.763 0.499
nonpolarizable force field 0.841 0.581 0.387
nonpolarizable Fumi–Tosi potentials 0.862 0.558 0.407
experiment 0.534 0.478 0.345