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Re:Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage tec... by stcredzero on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:12PM (#14907361)
The widely used austenitic stainless steels (e.g. 304, 316) are susceptible to corrosion attack from chloride ions

What about the use of fiberglass and carbon fiber tanks? Is heat tolerance a problem with those?

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Re:Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage tec... by phasetransition on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:21AM (#14909899)
Both GFRP and CFRP have polymer matrix phases, which creates a limitation on upper temperature. And both have their own corrosion problems.
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