About combustion of titanium alloys and methods of assessment of their fire hazard

Barbotko S.L.
UDC
614.841.345:629.7.042.2
DOI
10.18577/2307-6046-2025-0-6-110-120
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Barbotko S.L. About combustion of titanium alloys and methods of assessment of their fire hazard // Proceedings of VIAM. 2025. No. 6. DOI: 10.18577/2307-6046-2025-0-6-110-120. URL: https://test.viam.ru/en/journal/2025/6/9
Keywords
titanium, titanium alloys, fire hazard, combustion, test methods, test equipment
Abstract

Titanium has high melting point, low density and high mechanical properties, therefor it finds broad application in space engineering. The fire hazard characteristics of titanium, relevance of performed works and experimental methods of assessment are analyzed. It is established that there are no standardized test methods on fire hazard for samples of titanium alloys, as a result the obtained results are incomparable. The main requirements to which there has to correspond the test stand intended for assessment of fire hazard of samples made of titanium alloys are analyzed.

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