Ibakala lasemanzini lingenasicii-alloys ngokuqhelekileyo iqulethe i-molybdenum ukuxhathisa iziphumo ezinobungozi ze-NaCl okanye ityuwa emanzini olwandle. Ukugxila kwetyuwa kumanzi olwandle kunokwahluka, kwaye iindawo zokuchaphaza kunokubangela ukuba ukugxila kunyuke ngokumangalisayo ukusuka kwisitshizi kunye nokunyuka komphunga.

I-SAE 316 insimbi engenasici yintsimbi ye-molybdenum-alloyed kunye neyesibini eqhelekileyo i-austenitic stainless steel (emva kwebanga le-304). Yeyona ntsimbi ikhethwayo ukuba isetyenziswe kwindawo ezihlala elwandle ngenxa yokuxhathisa kwayo kwi-corrosion enkulu kunamanye amabakala entsimbi ngaphandle kwe-molybdenum.^[1]Into yokuba ingaphenduli ngokungakhathaliyo kwimagnethi ithetha ukuba ingasetyenziswa kwizicelo apho kufuneka isinyithi esingesomagnetic.