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Accordingly, isothermal static immersion corrosion tests were systematically conducted under different experimental conditions. Our results revealed that the presence of Cl significantly accelerates the corrosion process: the rate constant of the corroded samples increased from 11.3 \u00d7 10\u22122 mg\/cm2 to 13.8 \u00d7 10\u22122 mg\/cm2 with the addition of Cl. Continuous migration of Cl2 and volatile metal chlorides leads to the formation of obvious pores, transverse cracks along grain boundaries, surface wrinkles, and partial spalling of the oxide scale, thereby severely aggravating substrate degradation. Notably, no chlorine-containing compounds or chlorine-rich regions were detected in the corroded samples, confirming that chlorine is not consumed in the corrosion process, rather it acts as an autocatalyst through the cyclic process of \u201coxidation\u2013diffusion\u2013reaction\u2013regeneration\u201d.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma19071312","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,26]],"date-time":"2026-03-26T13:48:41Z","timestamp":1774532921000},"page":"1312","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of Chloride Impurities on the Corrosion Behavior of Stainless Steel in Molten Alkali Carbonate Salts for Concentrated Solar Power Systems"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5193-3036","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jing","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Ocean Mechanical and Electrical Institute, Xiamen Ocean Vocational College, 4566 Hongzhong Road, Xiamen 361100, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ning","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-7226-145X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Naeem ul Haq","family":"Tariq","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad 45650, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tianying","family":"Xiong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xinyu","family":"Cui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3474","DOI":"10.1016\/j.egyr.2023.10.022","article-title":"Solar energy status in the world: A comprehensive review","volume":"10","author":"Pourasl","year":"2023","journal-title":"Energy Rep."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Abir, F.M., Altwarah, Q., Rana, M.T., and Shin, D. 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