Research and Development of Ti and Ti alloys: Past, present and future

Conference of the South African Advanced Materials Initiative 2018

Mutombo, Kalenda^1

Light Metals, Materials Science and Manufacturing, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Meiring Naudé Road, Pretoria, Brummeria

0185, South Africa^1

关键词: Cold gas dynamic spraying;    Future perspectives;    Hydrometallurgical process;    Manufacturing process;    Recent researches;    Research and development;    Research initiatives;    Thermo-mechanical;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/430/1/012007/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/430/1/012007

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This study provide an insight of established and future research and development on Titanium metal production, Titanium alloy development, Titanium powder metallurgy, and thermomechanical and manufacturing processes. In the last 60 years, research initiatives were investigating the cost effective alternative ways of producing Titanium metal from rutile, ilmenite and synthetic rutile. The very recent research focuses on the combination of pyro and hydrometallurgical process to produced synthetic rutile from ilmenite. Chloride leaching and solvent extraction will be significant strategies to reduce operating costs and protect the environment. New and developed processed for production of Titanium will be mostly focussed on direct electrowining of synthetic rutile or beach sand. Future perspectives associated with alloy development, biomedical, additive manufacturing, and Titanium powder metallurgy emerging techniques such as hydrogen sintering and phase transformation, and cold gas dynamic spraying or Titonic Kinetic Fusion are discussed.