Methods of Testing Ferro Titanium in Analytical Laborotaries?

Question

I am searching for any known Methods of Testing Ferro Titanium in Industrial Analytical Laborities. To find out the content % of Titanium in the given material.

Answer 1

You could do regular wet chemistry and assess the % of each metal through destruction testing.

Or you could use an X-ray fluorescence instrument to non-destructively determine the percent of each metal in a sample or product. They work in the range of Ti(22) to Bi(83) so that works for your application. Alloy-specifc instruments have an internal library of alloys and when they got enough info (10 to 60 seconds) to identify the alloy, they beep and present the answer. They're not cheap, the one I use is not so fancy and costs about US$15,000. But they sure are nice - quick, versatile and non-destructive of your material. So they are great for QA/QC of finished products - to make sure the right materials and welding rods, etc were used during fabrication.

A material testing firm would already have one and they can be hired on an as-needed basis. Some firms bring them in every few months for confirming inventories, QA/QC, and sorting out the odd bits of materials without markings or that got mistaken somehow.