Media contained in pressure vessels
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Pressure vessels made of stainless steel are generally not suitable for holding aqueous liquid chlorine; then, are titanium vessels suitable for this purpose?
Titanium performs much better than stainless steel in terms of resistance to chloride ions.
It should be fine, but the impact of temperature needs to be taken into account
Titanium containers can’t be used to hold liquid chlorine, right? It seems they might explode; those are the two hazards I recall, but this needs to be confirmed.
Aqueous chlorine is generally not allowed. Under normal conditions, chlorine storage equipment does not corrode when the chlorine is dry; however, when the water content exceeds a certain level – perhaps in the range of several dozen ppm – chlorine can react with water to form acids, leading to corrosion and potential leakage or explosion incidents. Additionally, hydrogen is produced, which can raise the concentration of chlorine to within its explosive range. This isn’t just something I’m saying casually; I recently observed during a survey at one facility that liquid chlorine storage tanks were made of 16MnDR material. Titanium is simply too expensive