Gallium-assisted diffusion bonding of stainless steel to titanium; microstructural evolution and bond strength
- Submitting institution
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The Open University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1458558
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.mtla.2018.09.009
- Title of journal
- Materialia
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- First page
- 115
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 2589-1529
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Welding stainless-steel to titanium is of great interest to nuclear/aerospace/defence sectors. However, welding these materials is not possible due to formation of very weak and brittle joints. Paper discloses a novel solid-state method to join these alloys. The bond strength proved to be the highest ever reported i.e. 313 MPa (92% of the tensile strength of the pure titanium). An in-depth-investigation of the joints was carried out in collaboration with The Department of Atomic Energy of India. The process has direct applications in reprocessing waste nuclear fuel and it is used to fabricate steel-titanium bellows, adapters and couplers.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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