3: The Promise and Peril of Titanium (feat. Daniel Frydryk)

Titanium is the titan of materials. Without it - our modern world would not be possible. From airplanes, medical implants and expensive jewelry, titanium's properties drive its ability to perform in applications when no other materials can.

 

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In this episode Punith and Tom sit down with Daniel Frydryk, an Advanced Lead Engineer at GE Additive, about the current and future prospects of titanium. 

 

Our topics today include:

• Current and future applications of titanium 
• Use of Titanium alloys in the SR-71 blackbird
• The Sioux City plane crash
• The use of titanium in Additive Manufacturing
• Why titanium is biocompatible 
• The microstructure of titanium and how it affects its properties 
• The challenges of using titanium
• How titanium processing affects climate change
• And more!

 

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