ACCELERATED CRACK PROPAGATION OF TITANIUM BY METHANOL, HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS, AND OTHER SOLUTIONS

Abstract

Contents: NASA experiences with Ti-6Al-4V in methanol; Premature environmental stress cracking of titanium in methanol, freon, and other solutions; Effects of some organics on the stress corrosion susceptibility of some titanium alloys; Titanium u-bends in organic liquids, effect of inhibitors; The influence of fluorocarbon solvents on titanium alloys; Discussion of failure analysis and related problems on titanium pressure vessels; Preliminary test data on titanium-methanol stress corrosion problems; Subcritical cracking of titanium alloys and high-strength steels in organic environments; Similarities of titanium stress corrosion cracking processes in salt water and in carbon tetrachloride; Fracture behavior of titanium alloys in methanol environments; Mechanism of titanium failure; Investigation of stress-corrosion cracking of titanium alloys; Results of some Ti-6Al-4V - methanol experiments; Investigation of stress corrosion of electron beam welded and nonwelded Ti-6Al-4V in solutions of methanol and isopropyl alcohol at room temperature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 06, 1967
Accession Number
AD0825607

Entities

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Alloys
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Cracks
  • Crystal Structure
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Stress Corrosion Cracking
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics