Titanium

Report of the Panel on Assessment of Titanium Availability: Current and Future Needs of the Committee on Technical Aspects of Critical and Strategic Materials

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Chapter 1: Conclusions and Recommendations; 3 Chapter 2: Introduction; 4 Chapter 3: Background of the U.S. Titanium Industry; 5 Chapter 4: Availability, Processing, and Specifications of Titanium Ore and Titanium Tetrachloride; 6 Chapter 5: Winning Titanium Metal Sponge; 7 Chapter 6: U.S. National Titanium Stockpile; 8 Chapter 7: Titanium Melting, Alloying, Mill Processing, and Heat Treating; 9 Chapter 8: Perceived Bottlenecks in Titanium Processing; 10 Chapter 9: End Uses of Titanium; 11 Chapter 10: Titanium Supply, Demand, and Price Trends; 12 Chapter 11: Technologic Opportunities for Titanium; 13 Chapter 12: Incentives and Disincentives; 14 Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members; 15 Appendix B: Guest Contributions to the Study; 16 Appendix C: Plant Tours; 17 Appendix D: The U.S. Air Force Technology Modernization Program; 18 Appendix E: Types of Titanium Ore Deposits; 19 Appendix F: Excerpts from Titanium Tetrachloride Specifications; 20 Appendix G: Rutile Specifications; 21 Apendix H: Titanium Sponge Specifications; 22 Appendix I: Listing of the Industrial Organizations in the U.S. Titanium Industry; 23 Appendix J: Greater Aircraft Fuel Efficiency by Teaming Graphite-Epoxy and Titanium; 24 Appendix K: Tonnage Powder Metallurgy du Pont Titanium Tonnage Powder Metallurgy