Due to the expansion of existing applications and the development of new uses, great growth will occur in the industrial, marine and commercial sectors. It also exhibits exceptional resistance to a broad range of acids, alkalis, natural waters and industrial chemicals. Superior Erosion Resistance Titanium offers superior resistance to erosion, cavitation or impingement attack.
Titanium is at least twenty times more erosion resistant than the coppernickel alloys.
There appear to be unusual and beneficial characteristics in titanium's inherent oxide film. The relative absence of corrosion in media where titanium is generally used leaves the surface bright and smooth for improved lamellar flow. These ratios for titanium-based alloys are superior to almost all other metals and become important in such diverse applications as deepwell tubestrings in the petroleum industry and surgical implants in the medical field.