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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030645492100801X

Just from reading here a bit there seems to be some corrosion though. My chemistry is to shit atm to understand it though

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

making it necessary to mitigate corrosion by either purifying the salt, controlling its redox potential in a reducing state, or using redox buffers

The salt is not pure enough, it seems.