“…[6][7][8] Based on previous experiments, it is found that the corrosion rate in LBE systems depends on many factors such as exposure time, operation temperature, thermal gradient, solid and liquid compositions, flow velocity, etc., and corrosion occurs through several mechanisms such as mass transport, phase transport, erosion-corrosion and cavitation-corrosion. 9) Experimental simulations on all above thermal hydraulic conditions in the laboratory are difficult and expensive, if not impossible. Therefore theoretical modeling is important and necessary to get common information on corrosion rates in the LBE pipe/loop systems.…”