Commercially pure titanium is a light, strong metal which appears to have attractive possibilities as a structural material. The physical and mechanical properties of titanium have previously been reported.1 There is good evidence that the corrosion-resisting properties of titanium are fully as remarkable as its physical and mechanical properties. This paper presents the results of some preliminary corrosion studies which indicate the principal fields of usefulness, based on corrosion resistance alone. Data are now available based on 120-day sea-water exposure and on a number of laboratory corrosion tests which indicate that the corrosion resistance of titanium potentially qualifies it as a very useful material of construction.
The commercially pure titanium used in this investigation was produced by Remington Arms Company, Inc., from titanium metal sponge manufactured by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc., Pigments Department. Remington Arms Company commercially pure titanium is produced by melting the...
