AEROSPACE AMS2368 REV.

C
MATERIAL
Issued 1995-04
SPECIFICATION Revised 2012-08

Superseding AMS2368B
Sampling and Testing of Wrought Titanium Raw Material
Except Forgings and Forging Stock

RATIONALE

AMS2368C results from a Five Year Review and update of this specification.

1. SCOPE

1.1 Purpose

This specification provides a standard set of procedures for sampling and testing to meet the requirements of material
specifications for wrought titanium and titanium alloy products except forgings and forging stock. It is applicable to the
extent specified in a material specification.

2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

The issue of the following documents in effect on the date of the purchase order forms a part of this specification to the
extent specified herein. The supplier may work to a subsequent revision of a document unless a specific document issue
is specified. When the referenced document has been cancelled and no superseding document has been specified, the
last published issue of that document shall apply.

2.1 SAE Publications

Available from SAE International, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001, Tel: 877-606-7323 (inside USA
and Canada) or 724-776-4970 (outside USA), www.sae.org.

AMS2249 Chemical Check Analysis Limits, Titanium and Titanium Alloys

AMS2631 Ultrasonic Inspection, Titanium and Titanium Alloy Bar and Billet

AMS2632 Inspection, Ultrasonic, of Thin Materials, 0.50 inch (12.7 mm) and Under in Cross-Sectional Thickness

AMS2634 Ultrasonic Inspection, Thin Wall Metal Tubing

AMS2801 Heat Treatment of Titanium Alloy Parts

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2.2 ASTM Publications

Available from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959,
Tel: 610-832-9585, www.astm.org.

ASTM E 8 / E 8M Tension Testing of Metallic Materials

ASTM E 10 Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials

ASTM E 18 Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials

ASTM E 21 Elevated Temperature Tension Tests for Metallic Materials

ASTM E 112 Determining Average Grain Size

ASTM E 139 Conducting Creep, Creep-Rupture, and Stress-Rupture Tests of Metallic Materials

ASTM E 290 Bend Testing of Material for Ductility

ASTM E 292 Conducting Time for Rupture Notch Tension Tests of Materials

ASTM E 384 Knoop and Vickers Hardness of Materials

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ASTM E 399 Linear-Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness KIC of Metallic Materials

ASTM E 1304 Plane-Strain (Chevron Notch) Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials

ASTM E 539 X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometric Analysis of 6Al-4V Titanium Alloy

ASTM E 1409 Determination of Oxygen and Nitrogen in Titanium and Titanium Alloys by the Inert Gas Fusion
Technique

ASTM E 1447 Determination of Hydrogen in Titanium and Titanium Alloys by the Inert Gas Fusion Thermal
Conductivity/Infrared Detection Method

ASTM E 1450 Tension Testing of Structural Alloys in Liquid Helium

ASTM E 1941 Determination of Carbon in Refractory and Reactive Metals and Their Alloys by Combustion Analysis

ASTM E 2371 Analysis of Titanium and Titanium Alloys by Atomic Emission Plasma Spectrometry

3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1 General

3.1.1 Conformance

The vendor shall be responsible for furnishing products which conform to all requirements of the material specification.
Sampling and testing for any requirements not covered herein or in the material specification shall be optional, unless
otherwise specified by purchaser.

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3.1.2 Lot

A lot shall be all product of the same nominal size and shape, from the same ingot (heat), processed in the same manner,
and presented for vendor’s inspection at one time. When processing includes heat treatment, product shall have been
heat treated in one or more furnaces in the same load or sequentially heat treated in a series of furnaces (See 8.2) or a
continuous furnace over not more than 48 hours providing there is no interruption in operations or change in furnace
temperature setting(s), charge rate, or racking pattern.

3.1.3 Sampling and Testing

3.1.3.1 Composition

Sampling and testing shall conform to 3.2.3.

3.1.3.2 Other Properties

Except as otherwise specified below, at least one test of each type shall be performed on specimens, located and oriented
in accordance with 3.1.3.2.1 and 3.1.3.2.2, from a random sample from each lot.

3.1.3.2.1 Location of Specimens

When practical, tests shall be performed on full thickness specimens. When the product is too thick for testing its full
thickness, the center of the specimen shall be located at the center of the thickness of the product for sizes less than or
equal to 1.5 inches (38 mm) and at the mid-radius or quarter thickness for sizes greater than 1.5 inches (38 mm) or least
difference between parallel sides. Short transverse specimens shall be located at the middle of the width of the product.
Transverse specimens for rounds shall be radial or tangential (or mid-radius chord) for product that a tensile specimen not
less than 2.50 inches (63.5 mm) in length can be obtained. Specimens from flash welded rings shall not include the weld
or heat affected zone (See 8.5).

3.1.3.2.2 Orientation of Specimens

Shall be tangential for flash welded rings and longitudinal for other products unless a specific test direction is referenced in
the material specification, then the test direction listed in the material specification takes precedence. Stock for flash
welded rings shall be tested longitudinally.

3.2 Tests (In alphabetical order)

3.2.1 Bending

3.2.1.1 Bend tests shall be performed using the U-channel or free bend procedure in accordance with ASTM E 290. In
case of dispute, the free bend procedure shall govern.

3.2.1.2 The axis of bend shall be parallel to the direction of rolling (transverse specimen).

3.2.1.3 Width of specimens shall be 10 times the nominal thickness of the product or 1 inch (25 mm), whichever is
greater, except that for free bend tests the width need not be greater than 1 inch (25 mm).

3.2.2 Coiling

Tests shall be performed on two samples from each lot.

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3.2.3 Composition

3.2.3.1 Consumable Melted Ingots and Cold Hearth Melted Ingots

Composition, except for hydrogen, shall be determined at the top and bottom of each ingot in accordance with
ASTM E 1941 for carbon, ASTM E 1409 for oxygen and nitrogen, and other elements by other analytical methods in
accordance with ASTM E 2371 (and ASTM E 539 for Ti 6Al - 4V). Other analytical methods can be used if acceptable to
purchaser. Each analysis shall meet the composition requirements; the reported composition shall be the average of the
analyses. Hydrogen content shall be determined, in accordance with ASTM E 1447 or other method acceptable to
purchaser, on a random sample from each lot after completion of all thermal and chemical processing.

3.2.3.1.1 For hydrogen analysis, conducted in accordance with ASTM E 1447, sample size may be as large as
0.35 gram.

3.2.3.2 Nonconsumable Melted Ingots

Composition shall be determined as specified in 3.2.3.1; it shall also be determined at three additional ingot locations; the
middle, midway between the middle and the bottom, and midway between the middle and the top.

3.2.3.3 Check Analysis

Composition variations shall meet the requirements of AMS2249.

3.2.4 Creep

Tests shall conform to ASTM E 139.

3.2.5 Fracture Toughness

When specified, the product shall be subject to fracture toughness testing on specimens from two locations oriented in the
TL direction. There is no recognized standard for fracture toughness testing of sheet, strip, and plate under ½ inch thick.
Method of test and acceptance standards shall be as specified by the purchaser. Procedure for thicker product shall
conform to ASTM E 399 or, when permitted by purchaser, ASTM E 1304.

3.2.6 Average Grain Size

Shall be determined by comparison of a polished and etched longitudinal specimen in accordance with the chart in
ASTM E 112.

3.2.7 Hardness

Shall be determined in accordance with ASTM E 10 or ASTM E 18.

3.2.8 Heat Treatment Response

Heat treatment of samples, to confirm that product will develop required properties, shall conform to AMS2801.

3.2.9 Microstructure

Shall be determined by examination of a polished and etched longitudinal specimen at 100X magnification. Round bar may
be examined immediately prior to grinding or turning to final size.

3.2.10 Stress Rupture, Notched

Tests shall conform to ASTM E 292.

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3.2.11 Surface Contamination

Freedom from surface contamination, such as alpha case, shall be determined by bending in accordance with 3.2.1.1 or
by microscopic examination at 400X minimum, magnification or by microhardness testing, using a 200-gram load, in
accordance with ASTM E 384 or by other method agreed upon by purchaser and vendor.

3.2.12 Tensile Tests

3.2.12.1 Room Temperature

Shall be performed in accordance with ASTM E 8 / E 8M with the rate of strain set at 0.005 inch/inch/minute
(0.005 mm/mm/minute) and maintained within a tolerance of ± 0.002 inch/inch/minute (0.002 mm/mm/minute) through the
0.2% offset yield strain.

3.2.12.2 Elevated Temperature

Tests shall be performed at the designated temperature in accordance with ASTM E 21.

3.2.12.3 Low Temperature

Tests shall be performed at -423 °F (-253 °C) in accordance with ASTM E 1450.

3.2.13 Ultrasonic Inspection

Shall be performed on all pieces in a lot in accordance with AMS2631, AMS2632, or AMS2634. Acceptance class shall be
agreed upon by purchaser and vendor.

3.2.14 Wrapping

Tests shall be performed on two samples per lot.

3.3 Resampling and Retesting

If results of any valid test fail to meet the specified requirements, disposition of the product may be based on the results of
retests. The retests shall consist of tests of three additional specimens, of the same type and orientation, and from as
close as possible to the same location, for each original failed test. Failure of any retest to meet the specified requirements
shall be cause for rejection of the lot. Results of all tests, including the failed test(s), shall be reported. Resampling and
retesting does not apply to ultrasonic testing (3.2.13).

4. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS

Not applicable.

5. PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY

Not applicable.

6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Not applicable.

7. REJECTIONS

Not applicable.

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8. NOTES

8.1 A change bar (l) located in the left margin is for the convenience of the user in locating areas where technical
revisions, not editorial changes, have been made to the previous issue of this document. An (R) symbol to the left of
the document title indicates a complete revision of the document, including technical revisions. Change bars and (R)
are not used in original publications, nor in documents that contain editorial changes only.

8.2 All product in the lot shall have been subjected to the same treatment in the same furnaces in the same order.

8.3 Terms used in AMS are clarified in ARP1917.

8.4 Dimensions and properties in inch/pound units and Fahrenheit temperatures are primary; dimensions and properties
in SI units and Celsius temperature are shown as the approximate equivalents of the primary units and are
presented only for information.

8.5 The European approach to this issue (See 3.1.3.2.1), is to locate the test-piece at mid-radius for diameters greater
than 2.9 inches (75 millimeters).

PREPARED BY AMS COMMITTEE “G”

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