Samples of commercial purity titanium were heat treated above the
beta transformation temperature and within the two phase alpha-beta
phase field, followed by cooling at varying rates. Testing of the
samples in tension and by instrumented impact indicated that some
strengthening could be imparted by these heat treatments, although at...
Combustive Synthesis or Self-Propagating High-Temperature
Synthesis (SHS), is an energy-efficient combustion
method of producing metallic, ceramic and composite
materials from their constituent powders.
This thesis presents the results of an experimental and
numerical evaluation of the propagation velocity for the SHS
solid-solid reaction of titanium and carbon, as well as...