Mid March Bulletin

Titanium and Titanium Alloys Welding

PWL#043B
14 March 2007

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Online Resources on Titanium Welding (11)

Our eleventh installment of pertinent Resources available Online, deals with the subject of Titanium and Titanium Alloys Welding.

Our Website displays a page dealing with an introduction to the subject, including AWS Standards:
Titanium Welding
It may be a good place to start from.

References

Titanium Design and Fabrication Handbook
for Industrial Applications (40 pages)
http://www.timet.com/pdfs/ti-handbook.pdf

Process Specification for the Manual Arc Welding
of Titanium Alloy Hardware
http://mmptdpublic.jsc.nasa.gov/prc/7181b.doc

Titanium — You can weld it!
http://www.thefabricator.com/ArcWelding/ArcWelding_Article.cfm?ID=878

Welding Titanium and Titanium Alloys
http://www.deutschetitan.de/technical/titan_applications/kb13.html

From TWI - Weldability of Materials - Titanium and Ti Alloys
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/protected/band_3/jk24.html

Welding Titanium - Introduction to a Guide to best practice
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/unprotected/band_1/bpweldtis01.html

Guide to best Practice:
Welding Titanium - A Designers and Users Handbook (36 pages)
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/protected/pdfs/bpweldti.pdf

Titanium Information and Technical Support
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/unprotected/band_1/titaniuminfo_index.html
includes links to Specifications, Alloys, Uses, Corrosion,
Characteristics, Fabrication, Best Practices.

Welding of Titanium Alloys
http://www.key-to-metals.com/Article28.htm

Welding of Titanium Alloys
http://vacuumtechnology.org/article_6.htm

Joining Titanium
http://www.key-to-metals.com/Article136.htm

Welding of Titanium Alloys (6 pages)
http://www.wtia.com.au/pdf/TGN-MS-02%20Titanium.pdf

Welding Titanium
http://www.rti-intl.com/tag/weld.htm

Titanium Joining Advances - Design News
http://www.designnews.com/article/CA632593.html

Titanium and Titanium Alloys – Welding and Brazing
http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1499

Books/Publications for Sale
http://www.titanium.org/Category.cfm?CategoryID=169

ANSI/AWS G2.4/G2.4M:2007
Guide for the Fusion Welding of Titanium and Titanium Alloys
Edition: 1st
American Welding Society, 20-Sep-2006
54 pages
Click to Order.

Titanium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium

Periodic Table - Titanium
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Ti/key.html

Titanium
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=1116
Free downloads with temporary registration.

Titanium Alloys
http://www.timet.com/pdfs/alloys.pdf

Titanium Data and Properties - from ATI Wha Chang
http://www.wahchang.com/pages/products/products.htm
Click on specific subjects:
Titanium:
• Titanium Alloys
• Titanium Value Armor
• ATI 425 Titanium Alloy
• Titanium Bar & Wire
• Corrosion Resistant Titanium Alloys
• Ti-45 Niobium
• Titanium and Zirconium Castings

Titanium Alloys - Classification
http://www.azom.com/Details.asp?ArticleID=1218

Titanium Alloys
http://www.forging.org/Design/pg4_6.html
Note: this page is reachable from
http://www.forging.org/Design/toc.cfm
by clicking on
"Characteristics of Forging Alloys"
and then on the above title ("Titanium Alloys")

A source of references (Datasheets) is found at
http://www.titaniuminfogroup.co.uk/datasheets.asp

Granta - Titanium Alloys
http://www.grantadesign.com/resources/materials/designations/light.htm#ti

Sandvik Materials Technology - Titanium Properties & Sizes
http://www.smt.sandvik.com/sandvik/0140/Internet/se01974.nsf

Carpenter Technology - Titanium Alloy Data Sheets
Downloadable with no cost registration from
http://www.cartech.com/
Click on Technical Information
Click on Alloy Category
Click on Titanium Alloys
Click on D (Datasheet) for each of the alloys

Titanium Alloys
http://www.titanex.com/tigrades/index.php
for Composition, Physical Data, Mechanical Data, Fabrication Information
of specific alloys, click on alloy designation

An Article on Filler Metal for Brazing Titanium Alloys was published (4) in Issue 46 of Practical Welding Letter for June 2007.
Click on PWL#046 to read it.

Corrosion

Corrosion Resistance of Titanium (44 pages)
http://www.timet.com/pdfs/corrosion.pdf

Corrosion Resistance of Titanium
http://www.titanex.com/tiabout/specifications-characteristics-markets-corrosion-resistance-fabrication-applications.php?sel=7

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