Titanium is an established metal when dealing with
corrosion applications.
Titanium is available in a range of different alloys with the most
corrosion resistant grades being titanium 7, 11 (containing 0.15% palladium) and 12 (containing 0.3% Mo and 0.8% Ni).
In the chemical processing industry, titanium and its alloys offers good
corrosion resistance in many process solutions and owes it corrosion resistance to the strong oxide film. The oxide film formed on titanium is more protective than on
stainless steel, and it often performs well in media such as
seawater, wet chlorine and organic chlorides. While titanium offers good corrosion resistant to these solutions, it certainly is not immune to them especially at elevated
temperature such as seawater at temperatures greater than 110C.
Titanium solutions could be found in a variety of industries which include
chemical processing, pulp and paper and marine applications. A major use for titanium is in
seawater or brackish water applications. It is also used extensively in the production of chorine.
