The CRT titanium pump prevents seawater corrosion. Click here to enlarge imageSalt water is a highly aggressive liquid that almost inevitably leads to corrosion in metal and alloys with which it comes into contact. This often means expensive downtime, high maintenance costs and reduced working life for equipment - all serious problems that can be avoided by owners and operators of desalination production facilities.
Titanium possesses highly attractive properties in applications where long-term reliability in aggressive environments is crucial. Titanium has many properties that no other metal can match. Titanium's strength and low density produce a strength-to-weight ratio superior to almost any other metal and is as strong as steel but almost half the weight, and twice as strong as aluminium.
For industry, the crucial advantage is that titanium is almost immune to corrosive attack by saline solutions in addition to being virtually unaffected by most oxidising acids and industrial chlorine solutions. This makes titanium applicable for use in extremely harsh, corrosive environments - such as sea water.
Traditionally, its high cost prohibited industrial use. With advances in modern technology, and because titanium's properties far outstrip those of other metals and thus result in significant cost savings in other areas, its use has now become a viable option in industrial applications.
