TIMETAL 3-2.5 and 3-2.5 .05Pd are intermediate strength, heat treatable, alpha/beta titanium alloys possessing excellent fabricability. The alloys are cold formable and easily welded, much like the commercially pure (unalloyed) grades of titanium. Yet the alloys offer nearly double the strength (both room and elevated) over TIMETAL 50A. TIMETAL 3-2.5 is ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code approved. The corrosion resistance of TIMETAL 3-2.5 is very close to that of commercially pure titanium, exhibiting complete resistance to sea water, and excellent resistance to general, crevice, pitting and stress crack corrosion. As with the commercially pure grades, palladium can be added to the alloy (TIMETAL 3-2.5 .05Pd) to further enhance its corrosion behavior. Typical applications in the aerospace industry include hydraulic tubing and lightweight honeycomb structures. TIMETAL 3-2.5 is also being used for industrial applications such as pressure vessels and piping, and in a growing number of consumer products (the most notable being bicycle tubing). TIMETAL 3-2.5 offers the highest structural efficiency of any of the common engineering metals approved by ASME. The alloy is available in all common product forms including billet, bar, plate, sheet, strip, tubing and pipe.