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How to care for your titanium jewelry and rings
Titanium is a very strong metal - much stronger than
gold, platinum and silver. Although titanium is more
scratch-resistant, dent-resistant, and resistant from bending than
other precious metals, it is not scratch proof. As with any jewelry,
titanium rings will scratch.
What is titanium?
Titanium is a natural element which is light as aluminum, as strong
as steel, and is the most hypoallergenic element known to man
making it the ideal metal for jewelry. Titanium is completely
hypoallergenic. In fact, titanium is the most hypoallergenic
material known to man, and is rapidly replacing other surgical
implants
Where is titanium found? Titanium is abundant on Earth and
has been detected in meteorites, in our sun and other stars,
titanium oxide bands being particularly prominent in the spectra
of M type stars. Titanium is also found on our moon, rocks
obtained during the Apollo 17 mission showed
Types of titanium There are 3 major grades of titanium used to manufacture bands, rings and other jewelry. Titanium 6/4 - aircraft grade titanium Titanium 6/4 (Ti-6/4) consists of 90% titanium, 6% aluminum and 4% vanadium. It is much harder than basic grade (CP) titanium, not to mention other jewelry metals. Aircraft grade titanium will .... > Read more about types of titanium
The color of titanium
The color of titanium is not paint, nor is any other pigment applied.
Refractory metals (such as titanium, tantalum, and niobium) have
a unique relationship with oxygen. Oxygen causes ....
Titanium was first discovered in 1791 in Menachan Valley, Cornwall,
England, by clergyman and amateur chemist William Gregor. Gregor
analyzed gun powder-like sand and found a reddish brown calx he could
not identify. Four years later in Berlin, renowned chemist Martin
Heinrich Klaproth independently discovered the element in rutile.
Klaproth named the element Titanium, after the mythological .... Types of
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