| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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An Atoms to Autos Approach for Materials Innovations for Lightweighting: An LMD Symposium in Honor of Anil K. Sachdev
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| Presentation Title |
A Holistic Approach to Low-cost Ti |
| Author(s) |
Zak Fang |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Zak Fang |
| Abstract Scope |
The high cost of titanium has challenged the Ti industry and has been a major focus of the research community globally for over half of a century. Although the powder metallurgy (PM) of Ti has shown promise to be a low-cost approach, it has not gained significant market acceptance because the performance-to-cost ratios of PM Ti cannot compete with that of the wrought alloys. In order to compete, the cost of Ti and Ti alloy powders must be drastically reduced and the mechanical properties of sintered Ti alloys must be drastically improved. This presentation introduces both a low-cost powder production process and a sintering technology that can produce Ti-6Al-4V with wrought-like microstructure and mechanical properties. The hydrogen sintering and phase transformation process (HSPT) are designed to produce Ti-6Al-4V alloy with wrought-like microstructure and mechanical properties via simple press-&-sintering and heat treatment. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |