Title

Corrosion Behaviour of 316 Stainless Steel in Molten CaCl2-CaF2-CaO Salts at High Temperature

Journal title

Archives of Foundry Engineering

Yearbook

Accepted articles

Volume

Accepted articles

Authors

Palimąka, P. ; Leszczyńska-Madej, B.

Affiliation

Palimąka, P. : AGH University of Krakow, Poland ; Leszczyńska-Madej, B. : AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Keywords

Molten salts ; SS316 corrosion ; CO2 capture in molten salts

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Publisher

The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

10.07.2025

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/afe.2025.155348