The AAAMagnetic Titanium Magnetic Bracelet Guarantee To Fit Policy
Pick the size you think you need from the choices available.
If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long,
mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!

Bracelet lengths over 8 ¾ inch and less than 7 inch result in a return for resizing rate of over 90%. If the length of your bracelet purchase falls in this range,
PLEASE double-check your measurements before completing your order.

Make sure you check out our FAQ section

Optional High Quality Jewelry Box

	Ti76S			•CP Grade 2 Titanium (Not Titanium Alloy) •3200 Gauss Neodymium Magnet In Every Link •.32 Tesla Or 320 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Light Weight For The Active Man Or Woman
				If you are looking for the highest quality titanium bracelet, be it magnetic or not, here it is. This piece starts and finishes the manufacturing process in the same factory supplying watch bands for Seiko and Citizens. Ti-76S titanium magnetic bracelet specs; Solid titanium links; 3/16" wide 9/16" long 1/8" in height. Finish: Mirror polish front and sides, brushed back. Standard length of 8 1/16 inch weighs 11.4 grams. 8 1/16" uses 12 magnets +/- 1 each size increment. Standard length 38,400 gauss- 3.84Tesla- 3840mTesla Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Perfect addition to your golf equipment. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$98.00 Select Length 10 inch No Box +$15.00 10 inch With Box +$17.00 9 3/8 inch No Box +$10.00 9 3/8 inch With Box +$12.00 8 11/16 inch No Box +$5.00 8 11/16 inch With Box +$7.00 8 1/16 inch No Box 8 1/16 inch With Box +$2.00 7 1/2 inch No Box 7 1/2 inch With Box +$2.00 6 3/4 inch No Box 6 3/4 inch With Box +$2.00 6 1/4 inch No Box 6 1/4 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti39S	•CP Grade 2 Titanium (Not Aircraft Titanium Alloys) •4800 Surface Gauss Neodymium Magnet In Every Link •.48 Tesla Or 480 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman
		Ti-39S titanium magnetic bracelet specs; Solid titanium links are 1/2 inch wide. Finish: brushed titanium center, mirror polished sides. Standard length of 8 3/4 inch weighs in at only 34.9grams (1.23 Oz)! 8 3/4 inch uses 22 magnets (+/- 1 for each increment of size). Standard length will yield 105,600 gauss 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups, north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Perfect addition to your golf equipment. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	Ti-39S Commercially Pure Grade 2 Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$85.00 Select Length 10 5/8 inch No Box +$20.00 10 5/8 inch With Box +$22.00 10 inch No Box +$15.00 10 inch With Box +$17.00 9 9/16 inch No Box +$10.00 9 9/16 inch With Box +$12.00 9 3/16 inch No Box +$5.00 9 3/16 inch With Box +$7.00 8 3/4 inch No Box 8 3/4 inch With Box +$2.00 8 1/2 inch No Box 8 1/2 inch With Box +$2.00 8 3/16 inch No Box 8 3/16 inch With Box +$2.00 7 7/8 inch No Box 7 7/8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 1/16 inch No Box 7 1/16 inch With Box +$2.00 6 5/16 inch No Box 6 5/16 inch With Box +$2.00 6 inch No Box 6 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti31S	•CP Grade 2 Titanium (Not Aircraft Titanium Alloys) •4200 Surface Gauss Neodymium Magnet In Every Link •.42 Tesla Or 420 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman
		Ti-31S titanium magnetic bracelet specs; Solid titanium links are 1/4 inch wide. Finish: brushed titanium. Standard length of 8 1/8 inch weighs in at only 15.6 grams (.55 Oz)! 8 1/8 inch uses 13 magnets (+/- 1 for each increment of size). Standard length will yield 54,600 gauss- 5.46Tesla- 5460mTesla 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups, north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Perfect addition to your golf equipment. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	Ti-31S Commercially Pure Grade 2 Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$75.00 Select Length 10 1/4 inch No Box +$10.00 10 1/4 inch With Box +$12.00 9 11/16 inch No Box +$5.00 9 11/16 inch With Box +$7.00 8 1/8 inch No Box 8 1/8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 9/16 inch No Box 7 9/16 inch With Box +$2.00 6 7/16 inch No Box 6 7/16 inch With Box +$2.00 5 7/8 inch No Box 5 7/8 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti50SGS	•CP Grade 2 Titanium (Not Aircraft Titanium Alloys) •4200 Surface Gauss Neodymium Magnet In Every Link •.42 Tesla Or 420 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman
		Ti-50SGS titanium magnetic bracelet specs; Solid titanium links are 1/2 inch wide. Finish: brushed titanium, polished gold highlights. Standard length of 8 1/2 inch weighs in at only 31.1 grams (1.09 Oz)! 8 1/2 inch uses 20 magnets (+/- 1 for each increment of size). Standard length will yield 84,000 gauss- 8.4 Tesla- 8400mTesla 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups, north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Perfect addition to your golf equipment. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	Ti-50SGS Commercially Pure Grade 2 Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$85.00 Select Length 10 3/4 inch No Box +$30.00 10 3/4 inch With Box +$32.00 10 3/8 inch No Box +$25.00 10 3/8 inch With Box +$27.00 10 inch No Box +$20.00 10 inch With Box +$22.00 9 5/8 inch No Box +$15.00 9 5/8 inch With Box +$17.00 9 1/4 inch No Box +$10.00 9 1/4 inch With Box +$12.00 8 7/8 inch No Box +$5.00 8 7/8 inch With Box +$7.00 8 1/2 inch No Box 8 1/2 inch With Box +$2.00 8 1/8 inch No Box 8 1/8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 3/4 inch No Box 7 3/4 inch With Box +$2.00 7 3/8 inch No Box 7 3/8 inch With Box +$2.00 6 5/8 inch No Box 6 5/8 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti145S	•CP Grade 2 Titanium (Not Aircraft Titanium Alloys) •4200 Surface Gauss Neodymium Magnet In Every Link •.42 Tesla Or 420 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman
		Ti-145S titanium magnetic bracelet specs; Solid titanium links are 7/16 inch wide. Finish: brushed titanium, polished highlights. Standard length of 8 1/2 inch weighs in at only 28.8 grams (1.01 Oz)! 8 1/2 inch uses 18 magnets (+/- 1 for each increment of size). Standard length will yield 75,600 gauss- 7.56Tesla- 7560mTesla 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups, north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Perfect addition to your golf equipment. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	Ti-145S Commercially Pure Grade 2 Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$85.00 Select Length 10 1/4 inch No Box +$20.00 10 1/4 inch With Box +$22.00 9 3/4 inch No Box +$15.00 9 3/4 inch With Box +$17.00 9 3/8 inch No Box +$10.00 9 3/8 inch With Box +$12.00 9 15/16 inch No Box +$5.00 9 15/16 inch With Box +$7.00 8 1/2 inch No Box 8 1/2 inch With Box +$2.00 8 1/16 inch No Box 8 1/16 inch With Box +$2.00 7 11/16 inch No Box 7 11/16 inch With Box +$2.00 7 5/8 inch No Box 7 5/8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 1/4 inch No Box 7 1/4 inch With Box +$2.00 6 13/16 inch No Box 6 13/16 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti48SG	•CP Grade 2 Titanium (Not Aircraft Titanium Alloys) •4200 Surface Gauss Neodymium Magnet In Every Link •.42 Tesla Or 420 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman
		Ti-48 titanium magnetic bracelet specs; Solid titanium links are 1/4 inch wide. Finish: brushed titanium hearts, polished gold hearts. Standard length of 8 1/8 inch weighs in at only 12.5 grams (.44 Oz)! 8 1/8 inch uses 11 magnets (+/- 1 for each increment of size). Standard length will yield 46,200 gauss- 4.62Tesla- 4620mTesla 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups, north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Perfect addition to your golf equipment. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	Ti-48SG Commercially Pure Grade 2 Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$75.00 Select Length 9 3/8 inch No Box +$10.00 9 3/8 inch With Box +$12.00 8 3/4 inch No Box +$5.00 8 3/4 inch With Box +$7.00 8 1/8 inch No Box 8 1/8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 1/2 inch No Box 7 1/2 inch With Box +$2.00 6 3/4 inch No Box 6 3/4 inch With Box +$2.00 6 1/8 inch No Box 6 1/8 inch With Box +$2.00 5 1/2 inch No Box 5 1/2 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti18RS	•CP Grade 2 Titanium (Not Aircraft Titanium Alloys) •3600 Surface Gauss Neodymium Magnet In Every Link •.36 Tesla Or 360 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman
		Ti-18RS titanium magnetic bracelet specs; Solid titanium links are 1/2 inch wide. Finish: natural titanium matte sides, polished center. Standard length of 8 inch weighs in at only 31.6 grams (1.1 Oz)! 8 inch uses 14 magnets (+/- 1 for each increment of size). Standard length will yield 50,400 gauss- 5.04 Tesla- 5040 mTesla 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups, north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Perfect addition to your golf equipment. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	Ti-18RS Commercially Pure Grade 2 Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$85.00 Select Length 10 1/2 inch No Box +$25.00 10 1/2 inch With Box +$27.00 10 inch No Box +$20.00 10 inch With Box +$22.00 9 1/2 inch No Box +$15.00 9 1/2 inch With Box +$17.00 9 inch No Box +$10.00 9 inch With Box +$12.00 8 1/2 inch No Box +$5.00 8 1/2 inch With Box +$7.00 8 inch No Box 8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 1/2 inch No Box 7 1/2 inch With Box +$2.00 7 inch No Box 7 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti-129S2M	•CP Grade 3 Titanium (See Our FAQ Section For More Info) •2 3000 Gauss Neodymium Magnets In Every Link •.60Tesla Or 600 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman
		Ti-129S2M titanium magnetic bracelet specs; Now in grade 3 titanium. See chart at bottom of page. Solid titanium links are 1/2 inch wide. Natural titanium matte finish. Standard length will yield 66,000 gauss- 6.6 Tesla- 6600 mTesla Appearance identical to our SSJ129S. Standard length of 8 1/8 inch weighs in at only 35.5 grams (1.2 Oz)! 8 1/8 inch uses 22 magnets (*/- 2 for each increment of size). 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups, north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	Commercially Pure Grade 3Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$85.00 Select Length 10 inch No Box +$15.00 10 inch With Box +$17.00 9 3/8 inch No Box +$10.00 9 3/8 inch With Box +$12.00 8 3/4 inch No Box +$5.00 8 3/4 inch With Box +$7.00 8 1/8 inch No Box 8 1/8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 1/2 inch No Box 7 1/2 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti-187S2M	•CP Grade 3 Titanium (See Our FAQ Section For More Info) •2 3000 Gauss Neodymium Magnets In Every Link •.6Tesla Or 600 mTesla Per Link •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman
		Ti-187S2M Specs; Now in grade 3 titanium. See chart at bottom of page. Solid Titanium Links Are 7/16 Inch Wide 13/16 inch long. Natural Deep lustrous Titanium Matte finish, Polished Hinges. Standard length will yield 54,000 gauss- 5.4Tesla- 5400 mTesla Standard length of 8 7/8 inch weighs in at only 29.8 grams! 8 7/8 inch uses 18 magnets (add / delete two for each increment of size). 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups and face north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy.
	Commercially Pure Grade 3 Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$85.00 Select Length 10 5/8 inch No Box +$10.00 10 5/8 inch With Box +$12.00 9 3/4 inch No Box +$5.00 9 3/4 inch With Box +$7.00 8 7/8 inch No Box 8 7/8 inch With Box +$2.00 8 inch No Box 8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 1/8 inch No Box 7 1/8 inch With Box +$2.00

	Ti-130S	•CP Grade 2 Titanium (Not Aircraft Titanium Alloys) •4800 Surface Gauss Neodymium Magnet In Every Link •.48 Tesla Or 480 mTesla Per Link (STD Total 52,800G/5280mTesla) •Stainless Steel Split Pins •Super Light Weight For The Active Person •Titanium Jewelry Geared To The Golfer And Sportsman •Narrower Than Our Ti129 Series Makes A Perfect His and Hers Set
		Ti-130S Titanium Magnetic Bracelet Specs; Solid titanium links are 3/8 inch wide. Natural deep titanium matte finish sides polished center. Standard length of 8 inch weighs in at only 27.5 grams! 8 inch uses 11 magnets (+/- 1 for each increment of size). 48% lighter than the stainless steel version. Magnets are encapsulated in stainless steel cups, north to skin. Magnets sealed with surgical grade epoxy. Optional jewelry box pictured at bottom of page. Tips On Sizing Your Link Magnetic Bracelet
	Commercially Pure Grade 2 Titanium Magnetic Bracelet
	The AAAMagnetic Titanium Link Bracelet Guaranteed Perfect Fit® Policy: Pick the size you think you need from the choices available. If your Titanium magnetic bracelet turns out to be too short or too long, mail it back and we will add or remove the number of links you need!
	$85.00 Select Length 10 1/2 inch No Box +$20.00 10 1/2 inch With Box +$22.00 9 7/8 inch No Box +$15.00 9 7/8 inch With Box +$17.00 9 1/4 inch No Box +$10.00 9 1/4 inch With Box +$12.00 8 5/8 inch No Box +$5.00 8 5/8 inch With Box +$7.00 8 inch No Box 8 inch With Box +$2.00 7 3/8 inch No Box 7 3/8 inch With Box +$2.00 6 3/4 inch No Box 6 3/4 inch With Box +$2.00 6 1/8 inch No Box 6 1/8 inch With Box +$2.00

Bracelet lengths over 8 ¾ inch and less than 7 inch result in a return for resizing rate of over 90%. If the length of your bracelet purchase falls in this range,
PLEASE double-check your measurements before completing your order.

Our magnetic titanium bracelets are made of CP (commercially pure) grade 2 and now select styles in grade 3 titanium which finds wide use in the medical field and is one the most bio compatible titanium grades. The physiological inertness of CP Grade 2 and 3 titanium makes it very compatible with the human body. It has been used by physicians in bone and cartilage replacement surgeries. It has even been used to make artificial hips, dental implants, and valves for the heart. CP titanium (grade 2) is roughly twice as strong as gold and platinum (tensile strength). People who have sensitive skin might will want to avoid wearing grade 5 or lower and especially aircraft grade titanium because they may react to the alloy contents.

THE MOST COMMON ASTM/ASME DEFINED TITANIUM GRADES

History

Titanium is a very lightweight metal with great strength. Because it has great resistance to acidity, it doesn't change its appearance over time like many other metals. Wearing a titanium magnetic bracelet, you don’t have to worry about damaging your jewelry while participating in outdoor activities. You can wear your titanium bracelet to the hot tub or swimming pool and not have to worry about it getting damaged by chlorine. For someone with sensitive skin that usually cannot wear jewelry, titanium might be the only choice. For years titanium has been known for its compatibility with the human body and has been widely used as a surgical replacement for bones and hips.

As an interesting anecdote, an experiment conducted by the Nigata Industrial Technology Laboratory in Japan has shown that commercial pure titanium products can increase blood circulation where worn. This additional benefit is great news to people who have low body temperature or suffer from other symptoms of poor circulation.

Titanium was discovered by a British mineralogist, Gregor Williams, in 1791. In 1795, a German chemist and mineralogist, Martin H. Klaproth, named it Titanium. This was derived from the Titans of Greek mythology, characters owning extreme power and superior strength. Titanium wasn't widely used until the early 20th century because the technology wasn't available to separate it from Titanits compounded material. William Kroll, a refugee from Luxembourg, invented a process that allowed production of metallic titanium to be available. The United States Bureau of Mines used the Kroll process to produce metallic titanium and received financial aid for its production. Annual production has rapidly increased from 3 tons in 1948 to 20,000 plus tons in the early ’80s.

What is Titanium? (Ti)

Titanium is a lustrous, silver-gray, metallic element. It has the strength of steel and yet weight comparable to aluminum. It responds very little to electricity, heat and magnets (making it perfect as the medium for a magnetic bracelet). In addition, titanium forms protective surface layers, which gives it excellent resistance to corrosive attacks by saltwater, sea air and certain acids. It is even capable of being submerged in water for long periods of time without sustaining damage.
Where is it being used?

Blackbird Titanium is one of the favorite metals in the aerospace industry. After World War II, the U.S. military was developing advanced missile systems and aircraft that could fly faster than the speed of sound. It needed a stronger metal, one that could handle the high temperature and the NASA stresses produced by air friction when traveling at high speed. It chose titanium. The Black Bird (AKA Habu) is made of titanium alloy. It can fly more than 2,200 mph (more than three times the speed of sound). NASA has also realized the benefits of titanium, using it to make many of its space shuttles.

Most of the grades are of alloyed type with various additions of for example aluminum, vanadium, nickel, ruthenium, molybdenum, chromium or zirconium for the purpose of improving and/or combining various mechanical characteristics, heat resistance, conductivity, microstructure, creep, ductility, corrosion resistance etc. etc.

Palladium (Pd) and ruthenium (Ru), Nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo) are elements which can be added to the pure titanium types in order to obtain a significant improvement of corrosion resistance particularly in slightly reducing environments where titanium otherwise might face some problems due to insufficient conditions for formation of the necessary protective oxide film on the metal surface. The formation of a stable and substantially inert protective oxide film on the surface is otherwise the secret behind the extraordinary corrosion resistance of titanium .

The mechanical properties of commercially pure titanium are in fact controlled by "alloying" to various levels of oxygen and nitrogen to obtain strength levels varying between approximately 290 and 550 MPa. For higher strength levels alloying elements, e.g. Al and V have to be added. Ti3Al2,5V has a tensile strength of minimum 620MPa in annealed condition and minimum 860 MPa in the as cold worked and stress relieved condition. The CP-titanium grades are nominally all alpha in structure, whereas many of the titanium alloys have a two phase alpha + beta structure. There are also titanium alloys with high alloying additions having an entire beta phase structure. While alpha alloys cannot be heat treated to increase strength, the addition of 2,5% copper would result in a material which responds to solution treatment and ageing in a similar way to aluminum-copper.

History

Titanium does not occur in its free, pure, metal form in nature. It was discovered in 1791 in its oxide form by an Englishman, William Gregor, and later rediscovered as only a component of the oxide and dubbed "Titanium" by the German Heinrich Klaproth.

This Titan remained dormant until the 1920s when its extraction from its common oxide form was refined. Common awareness of this metal and its use took place only with its introduction as the material of choice for cold-war armaments and space race material. Starting in the 1950s Titanium became an essential raw material in the war-industrial complex. This choice was based on this metal's extraordinary characteristics: it is extremely strong (3 times stronger than steel) yet much (42%) lighter, it is chemically inert in all weather (and body) temperatures and conditions, and is a slow heat conductor. As a result, it was, and still is, used in the production of missiles, submarines, light weaponry, satellites, spy planes, and even the Concord airplane.

Availability

Although it is the fourth most common metal after aluminum, iron, and magnesium, and the ninth most abundant element on earth, its extraction as a pure metal has proven to be extremely difficult. An expensive metal in the fifties, it has more recently become somewhat more readily available due to disarmament efforts by the superpowers. Noticeable civil use started shaping in Japan by the 1970s where it was used in glass framing in the construction of skyscrapers (due to its low thermal expansion rate matching that of glass).

The Coming Out

Only after the removal of the shroud of secrecy surrounding its use in the military industrial complex, and with the availing of more of the industry's output, enabled by the decline in consumption due to the shrinking cold war heavy industries, civil uses became a reality and prices affordable. A milestone in the element's stepping into fame and prestige took place as recently as 1997 with the inauguration of an architectural marvel-- the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain (Frank Ghery, architect), all clad in. Titanium! In fact, the Olympic torch of the 1997 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan was lined with Titanium.

Titanium: A Design Element

Titanium, a designers dream come true. and a metal smith's dread or ...passion! Titanium's amazing strength, resilience, relative lightness, biological and chemical inertness (it does not interact easily with other elements and substances, it is corrosion free and resists most acids and other corrosive materials) makes it ideal for designers of everything from cutlery to artificial joints, Ferrari hubcaps, eyeglass frames, mountain-bikes, hunting knives, and jewelry. In most cases, jewelry items are hand crafted or finished after machining from a solid titanium slab since melting, welding, or casting titanium all involve challenges stemming from Titanium's high interactivity at very high (e.g., melting) temperatures. What renders titanium so desirable is also the cause of much toil, chagrin and 'trouble'...The hard, labor-intensive cutting and shaping process explains the scarcity of Titanium jewelry manufacturers and a price tag commensurable with that of 'precious' metal jewelry. To work with it-- you must love it. An important property of Titanium (and more so its higher quality alloys) is its strength and unique springiness. Titanium's lower-than steel "Modulus of Elasticity" (it is half that of steel's) coupled with very high Tensile and Yield Strength means that its resistance to change is higher than steel's, and is exercised over shorter allowable room for movement by the metal: a Titanium spring of the same performance and resistance power will be shorter than the one made of steel, and, it will develop metal fatigue or fractions at a lower rate than steel. Car manufacturers are now studying the use of Titanium and new Titanium alloys in prestige car-model shocks.

Titanium is most commonly encountered in sporty, matte grayish finishes...the stealthy look. In jewelry, however, Titanium finishes include the polished, satin (or "brushed", matte), frost (matte surface of sparkling etched dots) and anodized finish. When polished it has its special metallic look, not as white as silver but, rather closer to the platinum and surgical steel look, albeit somewhat cooler. Colorful finishes (in almost every color of the rainbow) may be created through anodizing. In this process, the micron oxide layer that typically envelopes all metals is electrically thickened (ever so slightly) creating different refractive effects which the human eye perceives as different colors. Controls through the application of electric currents in different intensities and duration bring about the different resulting colors, across the rainbow spectrum. No dye or pigment need be used nor added. Colonization of Titanium through anodizing is very prone to scratch damage and is not recommended in exposed parts of Titanium accessories. Titanium is highly dent & bend resistant, and its scratch resistance is best displayed in the polished and high polish finish. Its level of hardness, incidentally, on the Mohs scale, is the upwards of 6.5, many times more so than what is the case in what is commonly referred to as "precious metals". In other words, it maintains its shape and finish. Scratches that may occur over long use may be easily polished off. Titanium, it is cool to the touch, and cool to look at.

PROPERTIES

Titanium can often bridge the gap between aluminum and steel by providing many of the properties of each. Like aluminum, titanium has a low density and is non magnetic. At the same time, titanium has the high strength characteristics of steel coupled with corrosion resistance that is superior to stainless steel. Deep sea submersibles are designed with titanium pressure hulls utilizing this combination of properties.

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

Titanium, like aluminum, is non magnetic and does not become magnetized when exposed to natural backgrounds or imposed magnetic fields. It is an ideal material for electronic containment cases and military applications where a non magnetic signature is required.

DENSITY

Titanium is more than 46% lighter than steel. For comparative analysis, Aluminum is approximately 0.12 lbs./cu .in., Steel is approximately 0.29 lbs./cu .in., and Titanium is approximately 0.16 lbs./cu .in.

CORROSION RESISTANCE

Titanium's outstanding corrosion resistance is due to the formation of a tightly adherent oxide film on its surface. When damaged, this thin invisible layer immediately reforms, maintaining a surface which is completely resistant to corrosive attack in sea water and all natural environments. This oxide is so resistant to corrosion that titanium components often look brand new even after years of service.