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initiated commercia! production of titanium in 1937, employing magnesium reduction of the chloride. The figures for titanium production to-day are in the range of 15,000 tons per annum. This book deals with the most important aspects of the science and technology of this material and covers the proceedings of an International Conference, held in England in 1968. While approximately 50'2; af the present use of titanium is in aviation, relating to the high strength-to-weight ratio of alloys, there are important and growing applications in Chemical and in Mechanical Engineering. This is sn outcome of the inherent corrosion resistance of titanium alioys. These are being used in rtppiications like pressure vessels. distillation columns, etc. in modern plant. where mechanical conditions are severe and high standards of reliability are required.
The book is divided inro eigh! sections dealing with fabrication. corrosion and oxidation. stress corrosion.
deformation, fracture, heat treatment. alloying theory and applications. important review papers describe the current state of the science and technology in U.S.A., Japan. and Europe. The authors are comptztent in their field and give an illuminating account of the theory. Many problems are treated and their solution described in practice.
For engineers who are concerned with the cost of this material, it is of interest to obtain figures from the experience of reliable industrial concerns. As an example. an important application is in heat exchanger walls. Since zero corrosion allowance can often be specified in titanium. it is used for both tubular and plate-like heat exchangers. It is possible to build large heat exchangers for as little as 1.2 times the cost of stainless steel equipment.
Together with design, it is important to consider the problem of fabrication. This is described in papers dealing with welding, forging, rolling and casting.
For metallurgists, there are excellent fundamental papers on alloying theory, phase transformations.
phase equilibrium, and plastic deformation. A comprehensive treatment is given of @ alloys and j? processing in which some of the more interesting high strength properties of titanium can be obtained with fracture strength greater than 3~,~~~ psi.
The price of the book is about equivalent to an annual book allowance. and should give good reading for a year. It will no doubt be an important work of reference for a considerably longer period and should be obtainable in all libraries.
I. MZNKOFF
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