“…Considerable attention has been paid to welding and joining of titanium aluminides, which consisted of γ-TiAl [ 14 , 15 ] and α 2 -Ti 3 Al [ 16 , 17 ] based alloys, to themselves and to other materials. Titanium aluminide joints have been fabricated by means of numerous approaches including fusion welding [ 18 , 19 , 20 ], brazing [ 21 , 22 ], diffusion bonding [ 23 , 24 ], friction welding [ 25 , 26 ] and reactive joining [ 27 , 28 ]. All these methods present their unique advantages and disadvantages in joining titanium aluminides, and are suitable for specific applications.…”