With these optimized conditions, the 3D printed Ti-6Al-4V alloy achieved an ultimate tensile strength of 1190 MPa and a total elongation of 16.5%, successfully overcoming the strength–ductility ...

Materials science researchers have developed a technique to make titanium stronger without sacrificing any of the metal's ductility -- a combination that no one has achieved before. The ...

Development of tough, low-density titanium-based bulk metallic glass matrix composites with tensile ductility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , Online December 19, 2008, Upcoming ...

Cryo-forged nanotwinned titanium increases strength without losing ductility Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have used a technique called cryo-forging to manipulate ...

Oct 20, 2021: Nanotwinned titanium forges path to sustainable manufacturing (Nanowerk News) Titanium is strong and lightweight, boasting the highest strength to weight ratio of any structural ...

The specific tensile strength and ductility of the developed steel improve on those of the lightest and strongest metallic materials known, titanium alloys. We found that alloying of nickel catalyses ...

A thin coating of 2-D nanosheets has proved to be the most wear-resistant solid lubricant yet identified, according to researchers who put the titanium carbide–based material through its paces ...

Titanium carbide grains, seen here magnified at a scale of several hundred nanometers. Yuki Kimura. Just over three hours after launch, including six and a half minutes of microgravity, ...