The Sexiest Metal

jonerik writes "Denver's weekly Westword magazine has this article on titanium and the attempts to break it out of its traditional aerospace/defense industry niche, including its growing use in architecture, computers, jewelry, sports, knives, cars, medicine, and other areas. The upside: It's as strong as steel but weighs half as much, it doesn't rust, and it's fairly plentiful. The downside: It's expensive compared to steel and aluminum and its high melting point makes it difficult to work with under some conditions. Still, it's nice to see it being used in other applications." Heck, I know someone who used it as his wedding ring. Pretty cool, actually.

Titanium Glasses

[freakboy303]

The greatest thing about my titanium glasses is that some little part of me would survive re-entry should I fall off the space shuttle in the future!

It _is_ the sexiest...

[mobydobius]

The downside: It's expensive compared to steel and aluminum and its high melting point makes it difficult to work with under some conditions.

Hey, sexy is always expensive and difficult to get to work...At least it is for me.

High melting point

[VirexEye]

I would enjoy the fact knowing that if my body was to re-enter the atmosphere, my wedding band would survive.

Ti Wedding Ring?

[4of12]

If you haven't been married for long you probably don't know that sometimes, when people gain weight, the rings start to become, uh, constrictive.

With a traditional soft gold alloy you can snip the tight ring with a pair of bolt cutters or even wire cutters for thinner gauge rings.

With titanium, I don't think you'd have such an easy time removing a stuck ring. A cutting torch is not going to leave much of a finger and using a diamond saw, too, could be real tricky with in vivo parts involved.

Get ready for gangreme to set in, unless you lose a bunch of weight in a hurry or find a good lubricant.

Re:Ti Wedding Ring?

[Chagrin]

when people gain weight, the rings start to become, uh, constrictive.

Cool. An insurance policy I can take out on my wife!

Re:Ti - potent poison

[Veramocor]

better not swallow any toopaste - TiO2.

Watch out for paper, it has TiO2 as a filler.

They're killing us!!!

Where are you getting this info? TiO2 is almost as dangerous as rust.

Are you trying to say that pure titanium is poisonous? If so lets see if we can arange CmdrTaco to transfer you some of my karma points in you can hand me a dust sized piece of titanium before it oxidizes immediatley to TiO2 in the atmosphere.

Titanium reacts almost instantaneuosly to form TiO2 in our atmosphere!

In this forum we will obey the laws of thermodynamics!

Re:Ti Wedding Ring?

[madenosine]

IDKWPUOAFNPR (I don't know why people use obscure anagrams for no particular reason)

Re:Titanium wedding rings

[karnal]

So you're saying I shouldn't get a titanium cockring?

I guess that wouldn't be a good idea... (laugh, you know you want to!)

Cockring

[Anonymous Coward]

I shouldn't get a titanium cockring?

You will have to find something else to choke your chicken with....

The bank sent me some titanium sheets...

[Mark of THE CITY]

... with iron oxide strips on them. Oh wait, it's really just plastic. :)

Re:And that's why...

[laserjet]

Isn't your girlfriend SUPPOSED to have a hole?

[ducks]

Re:Titanium is also very flexible.

[56ker]

Prehaps the tit in titanium makes it the reason why the marketing people latch on to it - just my tuppence.

Re:I am partially made of Titanium

[RadioheadKid]

It's probably due to the fact that you have a titanium plate in you wrist.

Re:I am partially made of Titanium

[kaimiike1970]

It might be from the 'exercise' your wrist is getting while you take those looooong baths and showers.

Re:I am partially made of Titanium

[scrod]

My only complaint is it aches after a hot shower or bath, anyone have any scientific reason for why this would be?

They're your wolverine claws extending. That wasn't titanium you had implanted in your wrist--it was Adamantium!