Status of the titanium production,research, and applications in the CIS |
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Authors: | O M Ivasyshyn A V Aleksandrov |
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Affiliation: | (1) Kurdyumov Institute of Physics of Metals, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine;(2) “Titanium” CIS Association, Moscow, Russia |
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Abstract: | We present a survey of the research and development of titanium alloys, mill products, processes, and applications in the
CIS between the tenth and eleventh Titanium World Conferences. Driven by an increased world-market demand, the titanium industry
of the CIS has become an important contributor to the global expansion of titanium in volume and applications. Unfortunately,
the domestic shipments of titanium and, especially of mill products, remain low because of the inadequate consumption of titanium
by domestic end-users, such as aerospace, chemical, and marine (shipbuilding) industries. Although the titanium-research activity
remains not as extensive as earlier, it is characterized by a certain recovery motivated by both performance-driven and cost-driven
applications. In numerous cases, the studies are performed through broad international cooperation. Due to its application-oriented
nature, these trends of activities are moving from academic institutions to industrial research groups. Hence, the fundamental
studies of the complex nature of titanium-based materials are gradually shifted to the applied research aimed at the development
and scaling up of advanced alloys, processes, and new applications. The “Titan” Interstate Association realizes an important
mission by keeping the titanium industry and science in the CIS united, coherent, and cooperative despite the disintegrative
political and economic trends in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 7–20, May–June, 2008. |
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