Titanium is one of the popular metals in the periodic table. It has a chemical symbol Ti and atomic Number 22. Titanium is a bright transition element and found in the nature in silver grey color. It is a low density and highly sturdy material. Titanium is a rust resistive material in the sea water and chlorine. It is an ancient metal found first time in Britain in 1971. Titanium is found in the mixture with other materials like rutile that is available on earth's surface in excessive amount.
Properties of Titanium
Titanium is popular for being large strength and light weight metal. It is strong and has less density. It is ductile, bright metal with large melting point that features it as a refractory material. Titanium is paramagnetic in nature and it is partially electrical and thermal conductor.
Titanium is used commercially in the form of titanium wire characterized with large tensile strength. Though the feature of high tensile strength is common in steel alloys but the light weight property of titanium makes it unique among the steel alloys. Titanium is denser as compare to aluminum and stronger than the aluminum alloys. But it loses its firmness if it is heated for more than 430°C.
Titanium is solid, non magnetic and bad conductor of heat and electricity. While its fabrication, the engineers need to be active in the taking care of the soft nature of metal such that the metal softens if we don't use spiky equipments and cooling methods. Just like other metals, titanium also shows fatigue nature after a certain limit of strain which assures durability in specific operations. It has low degree of rigidity as compare to other alloys like aluminum.
Structure of Titanium
Titanium is a dimorphic element with hexagonal shape whose atoms are present in the body centered cubic structure.
Applications of Titanium
Titanium is a widely chosen metal for steel production to reduce the grain amount and it is used in the stainless steel to decrease the carbon percentage. It is primarily alloyed with aluminum and other metals such as manganese, iron, and molybdenum and more. The titanium products like Titanium Mesh and forgings are used in the corporate, aerospace, entertainment and latest markets. The grinded Titanium is highly purposeful in the pyrotechnics for lustrous burning particles.
The sturdiness of Titanium makes it a vital metal to use in the fabrication of jewelry. The inert nature of metal makes it the best option of jewelry for those people who get allergy from jewelry in water. Titanium paired with Gold is used as 24 carat gold since a nominal percentage of Titanium doesn't emphasize the gold quality. The combination of Titanium and Gold provides more solid Gold that is easy to use for designing jewelry. Solid Titanium is also used in designing the watches.
The high tensile strength, resistance to cracking enable the metal to perform in the large temperatures by which the titanium metal is competent to use in the armor plating, rockets and aircrafts.