The objective of the chloride cleanup part of this program was to screen and test potential hot gas chloride sorbents for possible use as part of a hot gas cleanup process in a combined MCFC/coal gasifier power plant. An effective sorbent can provide one stage of two or three fixed absorption beds between the gasifier and the MCFC for cleanup of sulfide species (primarily H/sub 2/S and COS), chlorides (essentially HCl) and trace contaminants (NH/sub 3/, AsH/sub 3/, H/sub 2/Se, H/sub 2/Te, Hg, Cd, Pb, etc.). We are aware of no investigations prior to this contract of candidates for chloride sorbents that will reduce total chloride concentrations to the ppMV range in gasifier effluent mixtures above 800 K. Progress is reported. (WHK)