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Oxidation of Titanium

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The rate of oxidation of titanium in the temperature range 650° to 950°C has been measured. The linear rate law obtained is explained by interface reaction control of the process. Tracer experiments indicate the oxygen diffuses in at least one phase of the scale.

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  1. Metals Research Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, USA

    M. H. Davies (Economic Cooperation Administration Fellow) & C. E. Birchenall (Junior Member AIME, Member of Staff)

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Discussion on this paper, TP 3136E, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by Dec. 1, 1951. Manuscript, March 28, 1951. Detroit Meeting, October 1951.

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Davies, M.H., Birchenall, C.E. Oxidation of Titanium. JOM 3, 877–880 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397395

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