Zirconium has high resistance to corrosion by chloride solutions even at elevated temperatures and pressures. For this reason it is potentially useful for power station steam condensers or geothermal systems, for construction of desalination plants, in on-shore or off-shore oil installations where seawater or other polluted water is used as the cooling medium, for chemical processes in which hot concentrated chloride solutions are added as catalysts, and as a canister material for the deep sea disposal of nuclear wastes. Test results of zirconium Grades R 60702 and R 60704 are reported. Particular attention is paid to pitting, crevice corrosion and stress corrosion cracking. Some data on titanium are included for comparison.

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Zirconium, Chloride solutions, Seawater, Sodium chloride solution, U bends, Crevice corrosion, Metals, Titanium, Zirconium alloys, Corrosion resistance, Stainless steel, Chlorides, Chloride stress corrosion cracking
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1983
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