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Low cost titanium and develo** applications
There are a number of maturing extraction and fabrication techniques which can potentially reduce the cost of titanium. These are in part responsible for a number of develo** applications for titanium.
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TMS 2010 symposium: Cost-Affordable Titanium III
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Current and emerging opportunities in Titanium’s expanding market
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Advances in titanium metal injection molding
The approaches to production of titanium powder injection molded parts are reviewed. Historically, oxygen levels have been too high for structural use (particularly with the Ti-6Al-4V alloy). However, recent a...
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Transformation of mechanically alloyed Nb-Sn powder to Nb3Sn
Nb3Sn was processed via mechanical alloying (MA). The powder mixture comprised of stoichiometric proportions of elemental niobium and tin powder was mechanically alloyed for 3 hours and the mechanically alloyed p...
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The mechanochemical processing of aerospace metals
The status of mechanochemical processing of aerospace metals (aluminum and titanium) is reviewed. It is demonstrated that the activation of chemical reactions by mechanical energy can lead to many interesting ...
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Mechanochemical processing of nanocrystalline Ti-6Al-4V alloy
Synthesis of nanocrystalline Ti-6Al-4V was explored using mechanochemical processing. The reaction mixture was comprised of CaH2, Mg powder, anhydrous AlCl3, anhydrous VCl3, and TiCl4. The milled powder (reaction...
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How to market titanium: Lower the cost
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Grain growth and recrystallization of nanocrystalline Al3Ti prepared by mechanical alloying
The grain sizes and lattice strains during mechanical alloying of Ti-75 at.% Al powder mixtures were studied using X-ray diffraction methods. Nanocrystalline L12-Al3Ti was obtained after a certain time period of ...
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Grain-size control in Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb with yttrium additions
A gas-atomized (GA) prealloyed powder of the Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb intermetallic and 1.6 wt pct Y were mechanically alloyed (MA) and hot isostatically pressed (hipped) to produce a fully dense nanocrystalline materi...
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The use of titanium in family automobiles: Current trends
Titanium offers a number of attractive features for use in high-production-volume automobiles; however, to date, high cost has been a barrier to application. This article discusses the current trends for the u...
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Fabricating sports equipment components via powder metallurgy
Powder metallurgy (P/M) offers a viable, cost-effective approach to fabricating sports and leisure equipment components. Both complex, monolithic parts and parts produced from materials of quite different dens...
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Processing and Deformation Behavior of Gamma TiAl Alloys with Fine-Grained Equiaxed Microstructures
This paper describes how a submicrocrystalline structure can be produced by isothermal deformation of cast and powder metallurgy γ-TiAl-based alloys at temperatures 1000°C and below using relatively inexpensiv...
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Microalloying of Sc, Ni, and Ce in an advanced Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy
Using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and optical microscopy, the effects of microalloying elements of Sc, Ni, and Ce on the microstructure of a n...
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Magnesium Science, Technology and Applications
The science, technology and applications of magnesium alloys are reviewed. The very low density of magnesium in combination with excellent castability is leading to increased use, despite poor galvanic corrosi...
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Titanium Golf Clubs
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Materials for Sports
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Editorial
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Editorial
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Mechanical alloying of nb-al powders
The effect of mechanical alloying (MA) on solid solubility extension, nanostructure formation, amorphization, intermetallic compound formation, and the occurrence of a face-centered cubic (fcc) phase in the Nb...