In present paper effect of alloying elements and strengthening particle on the impact
toughness were investigated. Load and energy in the impact tests were also discussed in detail for
Ti-2Al, Ti-2Sn,Ti-2Zr, Ti-1Mo and Ti/TiC. Impact tests were carried out at room temperature (293K)
and low temperature (83K) using a 300J capacity impact machine. Ti-1Mo, Ti-2Zr,Ti-2Sn alloys
exhibit high impact toughness even at low temperature, while Ti-2Al and Ti/TiC only have high
toughness at room temperature. At room temperature, general yielding occurred in all the materials,
but it occurred only in Ti-1Mo, Ti-2Zr and Ti-2Sn at low temperature. It seemed that strengthening
titanium couldn’t affect the elastic energy (Ei) effectively, but bring about more changes to Ep
(propagation energy of crack) than to Ei (initiation energy of crack). As for the effect of alloying
elements on the impact toughness, it seems to be related to the comprehensive result of the
concentration and electronegative property of alloying elements. The interface between the TiC
particles and matrix resulted in low toughness, especially at cryogenic temperature.