The uses of titanium
| Autor: | J. R. B. Gilbert |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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| Zdroj: | Materials Science and Technology. 1:257-262 |
| ISSN: | 1743-2847 0267-0836 |
| DOI: | 10.1179/mst.1985.1.4.257 |
| Popis: | The range of applications of titanium and its alloys has broadened considerably in recent years as advances in the users' technologies have brought appropriate responses from the titanium industry. Alloy development to match improvements in aircraft gas-turbine engines is the prime example; useful alloys must strike a balance between creep strength, fatigue strength, and fracture toughness. Dramatic changes in manufacturing techniques are currently widening the range of uses for titanium in airframes, where the metal now accounts for about 7% of the structural weight for commercial aircraft and 20–25% for military aircraft. Other major areas of use are in general and marine engineering, heat exchangers and steam condensers, chemical and electrochemical plant, and surgical implants. Titanium is now an everyday engineering material with a price per unit volume in between stainless steels and nickel-base alloys.MST/106 |
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