Thermal expansion coefficients, titanium

Low Expansion Alloys. Binary Fe—Ni alloys as well as several alloys of the type Fe—Ni—X, where X = Cr or Co, are utilized for their low thermal expansion coefficients over a limited temperature range. Other elements also may be added to provide altered mechanical or physical properties. Common trade names include Invar (64%Fe—36%Ni), F.linvar (52%Fe—36%Ni—12%Cr) and super Invar (63%Fe—32%Ni—5%Co). These alloys, which have many commercial appHcations, are typically used at low (25—500°C) temperatures. Exceptions are automotive pistons and components of gas turbines. These alloys are useful to about 650°C while retaining low coefficients of thermal expansion. Alloys 903, 907, and 909, based on 42%Fe—38%Ni—13%Co and having varying amounts of niobium, titanium, and aluminum, are examples of such alloys (2). 

For use over a wide temperature range, it is necessary to match the thermal expansion coefficients of electrode and insulation sheath. RRDEs of glassy carbon embedded in borosilicate glass for use up to 450° C [123] and gold sputtered on to a chromium or titanium substrate on a Macor ceramic cylinder for use up to at least 125°C [124] are examples. 

In forsterite ceramics the mineral forsterite (Mg2Si04) crystallizes. They have excellent low-dielectric-loss characteristics but a high thermal expansion coefficient which imparts poor thermal shock resistance. During the 1960s they were manufactured for parts of rather specialized high-power devices constructed from titanium and forsterite and for which the operating temperature precluded the use of a glass-metal construction. The close match between the thermal expansion coefficients of titanium and forsterite made this possible. Today alumina-metal constructions have completely replaced those based on titanium-forsterite and the ceramic is now manufactured only to meet the occasional special request. 

Figure 4. The variations of the thermal expansion coefficient, a and of the Young modulus, E with the titanium carbide composition within the graded region.

The temperature dependence of the linear thermal expansion coefficients a(T) of the investigated titanium silicides are illustrated in fig. 6. The complex hexagonal Ti5Si3 compound exhibits a (T) values lower than those of the disilicide TiSi2 with the closer packed C54 structure. Another reason is that the anharmonicity of the lattice vibrations -phonons- and the asymmetry of the lattice potential curves of the Ti-Si and Si-Si bonds of the C54 structure are more pronounced compared to that of the D8S lattice. 

The addition of mineral fillers such as silica to a resin usually reduces the thermal expansion coefficient considerably. One electrical consequence of thermal expansion in particulate filled resins has been demonstrated by StrUmpler et al. [15]. Epoxy resin filled with the hard filler, titanium diboride, TiBj, show enormous but reversible changes in electrical resistivity (by eight orders of magnitude) on heating from ambient temperature to the cure temperature. This is a consequence of thermal expansion affecting interparticle contacts. 

Titanium and its alloys are used as technical materials mainly because of the low density (q = 4.5 g cm ) of Ti at technically useful levels of mechanical properties, and the formation of a passivating, protective oxide layer in air, which leads to a pronounced stability in corrosive media and at elevated temperatures. Further useful properties to be noted are its paramagnetic behavior, low temperature ductility, low thermal conductivity (/c = 21W m K ), low thermal expansion coefficient (A = 8.9x10 K l ), and its biocompatibility which is essentially due to its passivating oxide layer. 

The thermal expansion coefficient of IMI 834 is typical of other titanium alloys. Heat treated bar... 

Hafnium oxide 30—40 mol % titanium oxide ceramics (qv) exhibit a very low coefficient of thermal expansion over the temperature range of 20—1000°C. A 45—50 mol % titanium oxide ceramic can be heated to over 2800°C with no crystallographic change (48). 

Carbide-based cermets have particles of carbides of tungsten, chromium, and titanium. Tungsten carbide in a cobalt matrix is used in machine parts requiring very high hardness such as wire-drawing dies, valves, etc. Chromium carbide in a cobalt matrix has high corrosion and abrasion resistance it also has a coefficient of thermal expansion close to that of steel, so is well-suited for use in valves. Titanium carbide in either a nickel or a cobalt matrix is often used in high-temperature applications such as turbine parts. Cermets are also used as nuclear reactor fuel elements and control rods. Fuel elements can be uranium oxide particles in stainless steel ceramic, whereas boron carbide in stainless steel is used for control rods. 

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