For many people, titanium is a mysterious term. General public for this metal is very difficult, and some know that may is very light and, in particular for those with any jewelry or watches titanium. We want to clarify some myths about this metal and give a brief explanation of each.

Titanium is a newly found metal
Titanium is new to many industries and recently applied to many new applications, but the metal was discovered in 1791 in England. It was discovered by an amateur chemist in an impure form called rutile.

Titanium is very strong
Depends. Note that the metal (chemical periodic table symbol Ti), is quite mild compared to the known “strong” version, which is made from a mixture of alloys of titanium, tin (Sn), aluminum (Al) and vanadium (V). In the jewelry industry, titanium is available in different qualities. The pure titanium jewelry is much softer than the other two alloys, known as 6Al4V and 6Al4V2Sn. 6Al4V means that the alloy comprises 90% titanium, 6% aluminum and 4% vanadium.

Titanium is a precious metal
On the contrary, titanium is abundant on Earth and not precious at all. However, it’s titanium jewelry are among the precious metals, silver, gold and precious metals, platinum in the categories. Moreover, the price range for titanium jewelry is similar to precious metals that are rare on Earth. The reason is that although the metal itself is abundantly available, the production process of titanium alloys is expensive compared to precious metals. The technology for creating titanium alloys at high temperature and vacuum condition, and strict controls to prevent environmental pollution. This brings the price of titanium in the range of gold jewelry such as jewelry.

Titanium jewelry is indestructible
Wrong. Although titanium alloys are highly resistant and resistant to wear, it can be damaged. In fact, it can work almost as well as other jewelry, such as enlargement, filing, polishing and engraving. Note that pure titanium jewelry can be removed and folded, like gold and silver jewelry.

Titanium jewelry is hypoallergenic
Right. Titanium alloys are inert and do not contain nickel or cobalt that most people with the skin are more susceptible to allergies. In summary, titanium jewelry is very safe to use.