Abstract:
Results are presented from experiments confirming the possibility of spontaneous deflagration of compact samples of five types of titanium alloy in oxygen flows. The minimum (critical) total oxygen pressures at the site where the flow acts on the surface leading to ignition of the material are determined. It is proposed that deflagration of the titanium alloys is initiated by discharges of static electricity in the flow owing to electrization of droplets and particles of water and other impurities contained in the oxygen.
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