A Study of the Metallurgical and Mechanical Properties of Friction-Stir-Welded Pure Titanium
Commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) plates were friction-stir welded (FSWed) using a welding tool with a tungsten carbide (WC) pin.The bead-on-plate technique was applied to reduce the effects of welding defects, such as incomplete penetration.An X-ray inspection and fractography showed that the FSWed material was free of defects and of WC particles