Using Ti-5111 for marine fastener applications

Abstract

Titanium offers virtually unsurpassed resistance to crevice, pitting, and stresscorrosion cracking in seawater environments. ) is a near-alpha titanium alloy of intermediate strength, excellent toughness, and roomtemperature creep resistance designed in a U.S. Navy-sponsored titanium alloy development program for structural submarine applications. Ti-5111's desirable mechanical properties and excellent corrosion resistance render this titanium alloy an ideal fastener material from both a technical and economic perspective. J. Been is a senior corrosion engineer and K. Faller is a manager at Titanium Metals Corporation. For more information, contact J. Been, Titanium Metals Corporation, Henderson Technical Laboratory, 8000 West Lake Mead Drive, Henderson, Nevada 89015; (702) 566-4413; fax (702) 564-9038; e-mail jenny.been@timet.com.

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and hydrogen-assisted cracking in titanium alloys

“…Alloys for the energy industry, specifi cally for tubulars for oil exploration, have been developed, like the Ti-6Al-4V-Ru and Ti-3Al-2.5V-Ru (Schutz and Watkins, 1998). A Ti-5Al-1Sn-1Zr-1V-0.8Mo (Ti-5111) near-a alloy was developed by the US Navy for fastener applications (Been and Faller, 1999).…”

Characterisation of titanium alloy, IMI-834 for corrosion resistance under different environmental conditions

“…Therefore, materials selection based on their corrosion resistance (if selected) enhances the efficiency, reduces down time, which in turn improves the production significantly. As mentioned earlier, titanium and its alloys are in use due to their superior corrosion resistance not only in a variety of industries [22,23] but also in biomedical applications [24][25][26]. In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to understand the feasibility of using the titanium alloy IMI-834 for fabrication of components in various industries by carrying out a systematic corrosion study on this alloy under different environmental conditions.…”

Microstructural Evolution in Ti-5111 Friction Stir Welds

“…[19,20,[23][24][25][26] The present study investigates the deformation mechanisms that occur during FSW of Ti-5111 (Ti-5Al-1Sn-1Zr-1V-0.8Mo, wt pct), a near-alpha titanium alloy developed for marine applications requiring excellent toughness and corrosion resistance. [27] II. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES…”