What is titanium?!


Question: i have to get braces and they might have to be titanium. i want to know what exactly it is. is it really hard or what?


Answers: i have to get braces and they might have to be titanium. i want to know what exactly it is. is it really hard or what?

Titanium is a very pure metal, It does not contain nickle. It is very hard and sturdy it is used a lot in piercings because of how well the body reacts to it. I'd rather have titanium braces then say surgical steel which do have nickle in them because a lot of people are allergic to the nickle content. It is very rare for someone to be allergic to Titanium. It is all round a damn good metal.

its a very hard and slightly heavy metal

Yes it's a quite hard and famously biocompatible metal. Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium

Yes,,titanium is a combination of various metals ,,nickel,,steel, chrominum,,,that is combine in certain percentages to make a extremely hard yet very light weight metal. Titaniun in used in a lot of aircraft manufacturing for it super strength yet weights a whole lot less than steel or iron and even aluminum...

SARAH,
TITANIUM IS A VERY PURE , STRONG METAL AND LIGHTWEIGHT THAT'S VERY BIO-COMPATIBLE.

Titanium (pronounced /ta??te?ni?m/) is a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. It is a light, strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant (including to sea water and chlorine) transition metal with a grayish color. Titanium can be alloyed with iron, aluminium, vanadium, molybdenum, among other elements, to produce strong lightweight alloys for aerospace (jet engines, missiles, and spacecraft), military, industrial process (chemicals and petro-chemicals, desalination plants, pulp and paper), automotive, agri-food, medical (prostheses, orthopaedic implants, dental implants), sporting goods, jewelry, and other applications.[1] Titanium was discovered in England by William Gregor in 1791 and named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth for the Titans of Greek mythology.

The element occurs within a number of mineral deposits, principally rutile and ilmenite, which are widely distributed in the Earth's crust and lithosphere, and it is found in almost all living things, rocks, water bodies and soils.[1] The metal is extracted from its principal mineral ores via the Kroll process[2], or the Hunter process. Its most common compound, titanium dioxide, is used in the manufacture of white pigments.[3] Other compounds include titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) (used in smoke screens/skywriting and as a catalyst) and titanium trichloride (used as a catalyst in the production of polypropylene).[1]

The two most useful properties of the metal form are corrosion resistance, and the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal.[4] In its unalloyed condition, titanium is as strong as some steels, but 45% lighter.[5] There are two allotropic forms[6] and five naturally occurring isotopes of this element; 46Ti through 50Ti with 48Ti being the most abundant (73.8%).[7] Titanium's properties are chemically and physically similar to zirconium.





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