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It is demonstrated that titanium and its alloys can be laser welded in an air atmosphere when they are cathodically protected under a flux of a high-temperature molten salt. This enables the development of a new titanium welding process that does not require shielding the work piece with an inert gas.
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Schwandt, C., Allen, C., Fray, D.J. (2014). Welding of Ti–6Al–4V in Air. In: TMS 2014: 143rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48237-8_12
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