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    Shelf-life/ expiry date for titanium powder

    Does it make sense to define a self-live of titanium powder (TiCP) with an average grain size of 150 µm (mesh 90)? Powder is stored in airtight containers and after opening the container it will be used in days. For bar, sheet or other product forms nobody would think of it but for powder we...
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    Zirconium

    Currently I have the problem that we have some metallic zirconium parts that show shadowa /corrosion on the surface. Therefore I am looking for a way to mild way to etch/ pickle the parts. Up to now we did not succeed in processing. Does anyone have experience in surface treating zirconium...
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    nonmetallic inclusions in bar vs plate in 316L

    @metengr: thanks for you reply. up to now i did not think about continious casting vs ingot. I will try to follow up on this issue. may be this gives more infromation. what would you expect - more problems during polishing with materaial from ingot melting or from the continious casting. I...
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    nonmetallic inclusions in bar vs plate in 316L

    here a recent discussion we had - are there more or less nonmetallic inclusion in a bar or in a plate visible when you are doing an evaluation assumed that the same melting procedure for the primary and secondary melting. basically my point was that I would not expect a difference but a guy...
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    source for MP35N

    Guys I am looking for a source to get some MP35N material min .42'' thick. does anyone have an idea where to get the mateial on stock? regards frank
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    Passivation & laser marking

    actually we are doing only light laser marking - when examined microscopically at 100x you will see discoloration of the surface. the reason for mot going up with the power is that we do not want to damage the surface too much - the marking shall visible, not influencing them mechanical...
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    Passivation & laser marking

    we already do line marking - the problem is that we need to do passivation due to corrosion issues but if we do Nitric 3 for 30 minutes the lasermarking is gone....
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    Passivation & laser marking

    is there anyone with experience on passivation of martensitic & austenitic steels that need to be passivated and laser marked. I do know the procedured according to ASTM A 380 / A 967 but this conflicts with laser marking. I am lookin g foreward to get some input. Regards Frank
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    Fatigue properties of titanium alloys marked with a pencil

    sorry metengr your post is not helpfull. I know about the possiblities of a proper failure analysis. it is not the intention of this thread. the intention is to figure out whether markings on the surface might influence fatigue live. @TVP yes we have quiet some testing without markings and...
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    Fatigue properties of titanium alloys marked with a pencil

    Test was performed at slightly elevated temparture 37°C in low concentraion salt water solution (.9%).
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    Fatigue properties of titanium alloys marked with a pencil

    ... the interpretation of the writing instrument with the soft graphite tip is correct. Nevertheless I have heard that no such markings shall be on titanium surfaces...
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    Fatigue properties of titanium alloys marked with a pencil

    we are currently testing parts made from Ti6Al7Nb - which should behave similar to Ti6Al4V for fatigue life properties. Actually we got an early failure that was unexpected and now we are looking for explanations. One thing that bothers me is the fact that somebody made pencil marks on the...
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    fatigue date for Rex734 UNS 31675

    Currently I am looking for fatigue data for Rex 734, UNS31675 according to ASTM F1586. As far as I found there is not much data published on this material. Does anybody have a good idea where to find fatigue and other data? Thanks Frank
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    silicon powder supply

    sorry for beeing unprecice. I'm looking for the stuff similar to what is used for the semiconductor. Silcon metal. sorry for the confusion. Regards Frank
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    silicon powder supply

    Silicone powder supply We are currently in a project where silicone powder is used as an processing agent. For this project I need to find a good, relieable supplier who can deliver Si-powder 99.9% pure in grain size -325 mesh or -60 mesh. Does anybody have a good idea where to get it...

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