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Corrosion studies in molten salts - FLiNaK

  • 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (India)
  • 2. Reactor Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)

Description

FLiNaK has the potential to be a candidate salt for next generation nuclear reactor coolants. Corrosion of structural metals has however been recognized as an issue in FLiNaK. Corrosion experiments of SS-316L, Inconel 625 and Hastelloy-B alloys were performed in FLiNaK with the aim of understanding the corrosion characteristics. The tests were carried out at 650 ℃ in graphite crucibles for 60 hours under nitrogen atmosphere. Weight loss of alloys due to corrosion was measured and corrosion rate was estimated. The chemical compositions of the alloys were analyzed by AES before testing. After corrosion testing, analytical techniques like SEM, and ICP-AES were performed for morphology and chemical composition of FLiNaK. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the conference on molten salts in nuclear technology

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the conference on molten salts in nuclear technology
Imprint Pagination
324 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 260-262

Conference

Title
conference on molten salts in nuclear technology
Acronym
CMSNT 2013
Dates
9-11 Jan 2013
Place
Mumbai (India)

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Notes
8 refs., 3 figs., 3 tabs.