Aggregation and data analysis of corrosion studies in molten chloride and fluoride salts

SS Raiman, S Lee - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Corrosion studies in molten fluoride and chloride salts were surveyed, and key data were
aggregated into a single dataset. Studies were graphed by salt purity, temperature, sample …

Corrosion of structural alloys in high-temperature molten fluoride salts for applications in molten salt reactors

G Zheng, K Sridharan - Jom, 2018 - Springer
Hastelloy N®, a nickel-based alloy, and 316 stainless steel are among the candidate
structural materials being considered for the construction of the molten salt reactor (MSR) …

Corrosion of 316H stainless steel in flowing FLiNaK salt

SS Raiman, JM Kurley, D Sulejmanovic… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Type 316H stainless steel samples were exposed to flowing FLiNaK salt for 1000 h in a
monometallic thermal convection loop (TCL) with a maximum temperature of 650° C and a …

Visualizing time-dependent microstructural and chemical evolution during molten salt corrosion of Ni-20Cr model alloy using correlative quasi in situ TEM and in situ …

K Bawane, X Liu, R Gakhar, M Woods, M Ge, X Xiao… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
In situ monitoring of corrosion processes is important to fundamentally understand the
kinetics and evolution of materials in harsh environments. A quasi in situ transmission …

Electrochemical study of the dissolution of oxide films grown on type 316L stainless steel in molten fluoride salt

J Qiu, DD Macdonald, R Schoell, J Han… - Corrosion …, 2021 - Elsevier
The corrosion behavior of oxide films grown on Type 316L stainless steel (SS) in molten
FLiNaK (LiF-NaF-KF: 46.5− 11.5− 42 mol.%) salt was investigated. The results show that the …

Thermophysical properties of FLiBe using moment tensor potentials

S Attarian, D Morgan, I Szlufarska - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluoride salts are prospective materials for applications in some next-generation nuclear
reactors and their thermophysical properties at various conditions are of interest …

Corrosion of 316L & 316H stainless steel in molten LiF-NaF-KF (FLiNaK)

W Doniger, C Falconer, A Couet, K Sridharan - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The corrosion behavior of 316L and 316H stainless steels (low and high carbon,
respectively) in molten LiF-NaF-KF (FLiNaK) salt at 700° C for 500 h has been investigated …

First steps toward predicting corrosion behavior of structural materials in molten salts

R Pillai, SS Raiman, BA Pint - Journal of nuclear materials, 2021 - Elsevier
To address the need for physics-based models to predict corrosion behavior of materials in
molten salts, the current work proposes potential methods to aid in selection of optimum …

Study of the corrosion characteristics of 304 and 316L stainless steel in the static liquid lithium

DH Zhang, XC Meng, GZ Zuo, M Huang, L Li… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid lithium (Li) is considered as the tritium breeder as well as a potential blanket coolant
and/or plasma-facing material (PFM) in fusion devices, while steels are widely used as an …

Temperature-Dependent Properties of Molten Li2BeF4 Salt Using Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

K Baral, S San, R Sakidja, A Couet, K Sridharan… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molten lithium tetrafluoroberyllate (Li2BeF4) salt, also known as FLiBe, with a 2: 1 mixture of
LiF and BeF2 is being proposed as a coolant and solvent in advanced nuclear reactor …