In
all fields of engineering, designers, fabricators and end
users are looking for improved performance from products
and processes. More than ever before, relevant information
is needed on alloys with higher strength, alloys with
superior corrosion resistance and other desirable
combinations of properties. Titanium, still considered by
many to be a newcomer to the industrial scene, is today
regularly supplied by a large number of producers and
fabricators. Titanium is not an 'exotic' metal, it is the
fourth most abundant structural metal in the earth's
crust, and the ninth industrial metal. No other
engineering metal has risen so swiftly to a position of
pre-eminence in such a wide range of critical and
demanding applications.
