Shear viscosity of molten sodium chloride

NEMD simulations of molten NaCl under shear were performed using the SLLOD algorithm in the canonical ensemble using either a kinetic thermostat based on the equipartition principle or a configurational temperature thermostat. As was shown in previous work, a configurational temperature thermostat is a more realistic approach than a kinetic temperature thermostat. Overall, both series of simulation show that molten NaCl under shear has qualitatively the same behavior as a simple fluid.