Titanium Challenge

[fourpointohh]

@AdanRules66 i know you commented 5 months ago... but just to let you know. People working around heavy machines and equipment run the risk of cutting there finger off. droping heavy weight on a traditional ring will bend it - cutting your finger off instead of just crushing it

[Hammers47]

Very COOL TESTS.

Black Ti (used by edward mirell) from titanium-jewelry has a high percent of zirconium in order for them to make it black. The black is not a coating but an oxide layer. The percent of zirconium is about 30%. The ring that just got squished was probably made of CP grade. A tungsten ring would have just shattered into many pieces.

[689433]

tungsten carbide rings are way better and more resistant

[marek0086]

Titanium does not bend like the first ring did...... it wasnt pure Titanium!

I want to see a pure Tungsten ring put through this kind of punishment!

[aesops52220]

i think they use 6-6-2 Aircraft grade titanium, the hardest you can get

[marek0086]

is 662 the purest u can get?

[aesops52220]

not pureest, pure titanium is softer than 6-6-2

there are 2different grade of titanium

1) 6-4 Aircraft grade titanium

2) 6-6-2 Aircraft grade titanium

[aesops52220]

Commercial (99.2% pure) grades of titanium have ultimate tensile strength of about 63,000 psi (434 MPa)

Titanium 6.4 (6Al/4V). It is composed of 90% titanium, 6% aluminum and 4% vanadium. Titanium 6.4 was developed in the 1950's and is known as aircraft grade titanium. Aircraft grade titanium has a tensile strength of up to 150,000 psi (pounds per square inch) and a Brinell hardness value of 330.

[aesops52220]

Titanium 6.6.2 is used (6Al/6V/2Sn). It is composed of 86% titanium, 6% aluminum, 6% vanadium, 2% tin. This is practically the strongest titanium alloy on the market and is mainly used in the aerospace industry for its great strength and lightweight. Titanium 6.6.2 has a tensile strength of up to 180,000 psi and a Brinell hardness value of 389.

[ChaseBitter]

Oh and you should never melt metal with out having at least a respirator on. The vapors put off in the smelting process cause swift and severe brain damage which can permanently damage your reasoning faculties. This happened to several of the old Alchemists due to a lack of good ventilation and an essential non-existence of respirator filters or masks which had their advent in a much later day.

Best of luck!

-Chase

[ChaseBitter]

Melting point doesn't really have anything to do with strength. Zinc, which is significantly harder and tougher than Gold, has a melting point of 787° F whereas Gold has a melting point of 1947° F. Zinc actually volatilizes (boils and burns off) at 1665° F before it even reaches the melting point of Gold.

And traditionally a metal's strength or "Toughness" refers to how soft it is, and therefore break-resistant.

Gold and Lead being supremely tough, as they are very ductile/soft/workable.

[ChaseBitter]

"...traditionally a metal's strength or "Toughness" refers to how soft it is, and therefore break-resistant. " from my post.

Traditionally, in metallurgy, the term "tough" is used to describe softness, and therefore break resistance, malleability, ductility, the ability to resist metallurgical fatigue.

I guess by that same definition you could make the argument that Mercury is tough, but I'm sure that would just pass with a chuckle at best given that liquids are not usually ascribed toughness.

[Billeboy9]

Shaggy - who in the world is going to shoot their wedding band??