Titanfaser und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung

摘要

A metal fiber made of titanium or titanium alloy has an equivalent area diameter d of 5 - 30 mu m and a specific surface area A (m<2>/g) satisfying A >/= 25/d, and is produced by a bundle drawing method wherein mild steel containing not more than 0.25% by weight of carbon is used as a material for a covering layer (2) of a covered filament (4) and an outer housing (5) of a composite wire (6) and wherein a composite wire (6) is subjected to a heat treatment at a given temperature of 580 - 650 DEG C.