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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sandton, South Africa
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There is actually a Ti-Li alloy. It is rather new tech as the solubility of Li in Ti was only first scientifically investigated in the late 80's and the results published in the "Bullitin of Alloy Phase Diagrams" (can you say obscure?) in 1989, whereas our knowledge of working with Ti and its alloys go back to the days of the YF-12 and SR71. I guess as all things military go, we'll know what the benefit of the alloy is once projects get declassified, or when commercial applications come to light!
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