Titanium alloys are characterized by very high tensile strength even at high temperatures. They are light weight, high corrosion resistance, and have the ability to withstand extreme temperatures. Some of the many uses of are in aircraft, pipes for power plants, armour plating, golf clubs , jewelry, and propeller shafts. In medicine titanium is used to make knee and hip replacements, , bone-plates, pace-makers, screws, and cranial plates for skull fractures. The strength (80,000 PSI for pure titanium and 150,000 PSI and above for its alloys) is far greater than that of many alloy steels.

Atomic number	22
Atomic mass	47.90 g.mol -1
Boiling point	3287 °C
Density	4.51 g.cm-3 at 20°C
Electronegativity according to Pauling	1.5
Electronic shell	[ Ar ] 3d1 4s2
Energy of first ionisation	658 kJ.mol -1
Energy of second ionisation	1310 kJ.mol -1
Energy of third ionisation	2652 kJ.mol -1
Energy of fourth ionisation	4175 kJ.mol -1
Ionic radius	0.09 nm (+2) ; 0.068 nm (+4)
Isotopes	8
Melting point	1660 °C
Vanderwaals radius	0.147 nm

Languages of other countries for Titanium

Czech: Titan Chinese Croatian: Titanij French: Titane German: Titan - r Italian: Titanio

Latin: Titanium Norwegian: Titan Portuguese: Titânio Russian: Spanish: Titanio Swedish: Titan

Titanium History

Amateur geologist and pastor William Gregordiscovered discovered titanium in 1791 in Cornwall, England. He suspected a new metal when he found black sand by a stream and noticed a magnet attracted the sand. Examination of the sand revealed the presence of two metals; iron oxide (explaining the magnets attraction to the sand) and 45.25% of a white metal (titanium) that could not be identified. He realized then that it contained properties that did not match those of any known element He reported his findings in the German science journal and to the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall.
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Franz Joseph Muller found titanium around the same time, but had little luck identifying it. Titanium was also discovered in 1795 by Martin Heinrich Klaproth a German chemist in Hungary. He named the new element after the Greek God Titan. He then received samples from the earlier findings and found that they too were titanium.

Making Pure Titanium

Extracting titanium is very expensive and labor intensive. It can not be heated in a normal fashion because it does not produce pure titanium. It was first produced by Matthew Hunter in 1910 by heating sodium and titanium. Anton Eduard van Arkel and Jan Hendrik de Boer invented the crystal bar process in 1925 with iodide and decomposing the formed vapors over a hot filament to pure metal. William Justin Kroll crated what is known as the Kroll process in 1946. He proved that titanium could be used commercially. He reduced titanium tetrachloride with magnesium. The Kroll process is still used today.

Choosing A Titanium Wedding, Engagement, Men's, Celtic, or Custom Ring

The first to do in choosing a titanium ring is to choose a Titanium Wedding, Engagement, Men's, Celtic, or Custom Ring that you love. Next, find a jeweler that has high quality precious metals, inlay, and gym stones. Also, a jeweler, that has a lengthy history in the jewelry business. Use a real jeweler that sells titanium rings and actually make rings themselves. Not a web site that just sells them , a jeweler that actually makes them, and sells them. If a web site is selling key chains, it might not be the best web site to purchase your ring(s) of such importance.

It is more difficult than it might at first seem to locate a titanium ring, and jeweler that fits the above criteria. There are a lot of web sites that have 14k solid gold, instead of 18k solid gold, and even 24k guilding (gold plating that can wear off), instead of solid gold. Diamonds come in different cut, clarity, colors, and Karat. There are different types and amounts of alloys used to make platinum. Some jewelers have been around longer than others, and have better sources for diamonds and precious metals. A jeweler with more experience that has been in business for a longer period of time will provide better in all aspects of the jewelry business, including customer service.

Titanium is a very strong lightweight metal. No matter what you hear about one alloy verses the other, it doesn't make a difference for the purpose of making a titanium ring. Any titanium-alloyed titanium is well beyond the strength needed for a titanium ring.

Platinum must be 95% pure to still be called platinum. Platinum is a soft metal, and must have alloys added to it in order to maximize its use for fine jewelry. The best alloys for platinum are 2% palladium, and 3% cobalt.

Gold is also a very pliable metal, alloys are added to maximize its use for fine jewelry. For a deep color and luster, 18K gold should be used. Alloyed with copper, silver, zinc and/or cobalt, 18k gold provides excellent strength, and is 75% gold. The minimum karat allowable in the US is 10K, but that’s only 41.7% gold. 14K gold is what most jewelry stores in the US use, but that’s only 58.3% gold. Gold plating, guilding, electroplating, or gold overlays are a thin layer of gold over a base metal, such as nickel, copper, or brass, and should not be considered if quality jewelry is what is desired.

There are many different ranges of quality for diamonds. There are four important things to know about diamonds, they are color, cut, clarity, and Karat. Cut is the most important of these by far. If you get a Vs1 - Vs2, G - H in color, with an “Excellent Cut” , you will have a great diamond.

We hope this information on titanium rings has been of assistance to you.

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