Kūleʻa ʻili kaiLoaʻa i nā alloys ka molybdenum e pale i nā hopena ʻino o NaCl a i ʻole ka paʻakai i loko o ka wai kai. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka paʻakai o ka paʻakai i loko o ka wai kai, a hiki i nā ʻāpana splash ke hoʻonui i ka nui o ka paʻakai mai ka ehu a me ka evaporation.

SAE 316 kila kila he molybdenum-alloyed kila a me ka lua o ka austenitic kuhiliʻole kila (ma hope o ka papa 304). ʻO ia ke kila i makemake nui ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaiapuni kai ma muli o kona kūpaʻa ʻoi aku i ka pitting corrosion ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā pae kila ʻole me ka molybdenum.^[1]ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka pane ʻole ʻana i nā māla magnetic ʻo ia ka mea hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā noi kahi e koi ʻia ai kahi metala non-magnetic.