Gerd Lutjering 'James C.

Williams

T i t a n i u m

With 335 Figures

Springer

Prof. Dr. Gerd Liitjering Technical University Hamburg-Harburg Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Technology 21071 Hamburg Germany Prof. Dr. James C. Williams The Ohio State University Department of Materials Science and Engineering Columbus, OH 43210 USA

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Preface

The authors were motivated to prepare this book by the absence of any recent comprehensive book on titanium. The intent of this book is to provide a modern compendium that addresses both the phyical metallurgy as well as the applications of titanium. Until now the only book on this subject is that by Zwicker which was written in German and published almost 30 years ago. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the subject including some historical aspects of titanium. Chapter 2 is a summary of the Fundamental Aspects of Titanium, Chapter 3 is a summary of the Technological Aspects of Titanium and Chapters 4 through 9 address the specifics of the various classes of titanium ranging from CP Titanium to Titanium Matrix Composites. Finally, Chapter 10 covers "special" properties and applications of titanium. Our intent has been to address the subject conceptually rather than provide quantities of data of the sort that would be found in a Handbook. It is our intent that this book is useful for materials scientists and engineers interested in using titanium and for students either as a sourcebook or as a textbook. We have attempted to include a representative set of references which provide additional detail for readers interested in specific aspects of titanium. Because of the relatively recent growth of the technological importance of titanium, there is a voluminous literature on titanium. While our references span this literature it has proven impossible to mention every contribution. We thank the following people for reading one or more chapters and providing suggestions that led to improvements in both the clarity and the content: J. Albrecht, R. G. Baggerly, M. J. Blackburn, J. P. Blank, R. R. Boyer, J. A. Hall, D. Helm, M. C. Juhas, J. M. Larsen, H. A. Lipsitt, S. Ltitjering, J.O.Peters, S. R. Seagle. Mrs. Zimmermann typed and formatted the text of this book and Ms. Wang performed all painstaking work on the figures. Without their dedicated help this book could not have been finished. We would like to thank both of them for their outstanding support. Finally, we wish to thank our wives, Heide und Joanne, for both their patience and encouragement while we worked on this project.