Titanium Facts @ Jewel Info 4 U
By:Sheweta Dhanuka
Titanium is one of the unique
discoveries in the 18th century. It
was initially known as 'Manachite'
and was retrieved in the impure
form. It is an amazing metal, as it
possesses the extreme eminence. It
is the only metal having the
strength of steel but weight
comparable to aluminum. Therefore it
is best named after Titans of Greek
mythology, recognized for their
intense strength. The name
'Titanium' was given by German
chemist, 'Martin
Klaproth'. This incredible metal
is certainly the perfect blend of
strength, lightweight, beauty and
biocompatibility. It is quite
fortunate that modern jewelry
designer identified the artistic
benefits of this miraculous metal
and created breathtaking jewelries
for women as well as men.
 The article penned down here aims to
provide the reader with best
possible information about this
interesting metal. The information
would comprise of general know-how
about the metal all in respect to
jewelry. After reading the article
readers would know about few
incredible benefits of this jewelry
metal variant. Also, the article
could act as a buying guide that
would be helpful to the readers
while making the purchase of
spectacular Titanium jewelry. Now on
in the text, jewelry would refer to
as titanium jewelry.
It is a known fact that while making
the jewelries, metals need to be
mixed with alloys so that it is easy
to mould and shape the sturdy metal,
be the metal is gold, platinum or
titanium etc. Gold is least pure
while Titanium is most with 90+%
purity. If an individual wish to
wear pure metal jewelry then this
gray metal is best available choice.
However, purity is assured only at
the reliable or certified jewelry
stores. The jewelry market is
flooded with cheats therefore buyer
should enquire about the reputation
of the seller before making the
purchase. And also he/she must be
aware of few important aspects like
CP grade of the jewelry, Aircraft
grade and much more.
Titanium Grades
Jewelries are made
up of alloyed titanium. The grades
are given on the basis of quantities
of other elements mixed to make
alloys. Grades are categorized into
two viz. CP grade and Aircraft
grade.
[1] CP Grade : This grade is known
as commercially pure ( CP )
titanium. This variant is well
accepted in the industry and is
biocompatible titanium grade. It is
further rated from 1 to 4. CP Grade
1 is the softest while 4 is the
hardest. With the increase of oxygen
quantity in the alloy the hardness
increases. The most suitable and
regarded is CP Grade 2. It has
perfect equilibrium between the
required hardness and workability.
This can be easily refinished,
engraved and shaped.
[2] Aircraft Grade : This titanium
grade is created by mixing aluminum,
vanadium and tin to create hardness
in the alloy. It is also known as
Titanium 6.4. This titanium
alternate is widely used for making
rings but it is not safe. Therefore,
World Titanium Council does not
endorse this grade. Sometimes, in
case of emergency it becomes
difficult to remove aircraft grade
titanium jewelry especially the
rings. Moreover, unlike CP Grade
metal, this is very difficult to
refinish or engrave. Also due to the
alloy contents, it is not compatible
to the sensitive skin and leads to
allergy. Thus, buyer should always
enquire about the grade before
buying any jewelry piece. Aircraft
grade jewelry should be avoided to
every possible extent.
Benefits of using TitaniumThis metal possess
extreme tensile strength and high
ratio between strength and density.
Few of its crucial properties make
it ideal for jewelry that is
corrosion resistance and
biocompatible.
Corrosion Resistant: Titanium is a
remarkable jewelry metal as it is
100% hypoallergenic. It does not
react to oxygen, salt water and
sunlight. It is absolutely neutral
when comes in touch with human body.
It is reaction free with body heat,
sweat or body temperature. It has
shielding surface layers that
provide it exceptional resistance to
corrosive harass by sea air,
saltwater and certain acids. It
seldom responds to electricity, heat
and magnets. Thus, people who are
sensitive towards other jewelry
metal like silver; gold etc must
switch to titanium jewelry. This
metal jewelry by no means gets
tarnish.
Strong and Durable : Almost all
jewelries made up of this corrosion
free metal have lifetime warranty
because the metal is strong and
durable. This is ideal for daily
wear jewelry pieces and resists all
harsh blows and knocks. Even the
precious and semi precious gems are
most safe when mounted in this
durable metal.
Lightweight : Strong like steel and
light as Aluminum, best defines this
grey coloured metal. This is the
most important characteristic being
looked upon by the jewelry designers
as well as jewelry wearer.
Lightweight jewelry implies comfort.
Titanium is a noteworthy metal, it
can be used with style along with
100% functionality due to its
lightweight while other precious
metals like platinum and gold has to
forfeit on style and functionality
in order to reduce the jewelry
weight and also the cost.
Refinish : The jewelries that are
worn daily are sure to get the
scratches in spite of taking umpteen
efforts. And when it is titanium
ring then obviously it is taken for
granted. The best part of these
jewelries is that it could be easily
refinished at any nearby jeweler at
a reasonable cost.
UsesHuman body is well matched to
the physiological inertness of
titanium therefore; it is used in
many medical treatments like in bone
and cartilage replacement surgeries.
It is also used to make artificial
hips, dental implants and heart
valves.
This implausible metal is very well
combined with white gold, yellow
gold and platinum to enhance the
look of the ornaments. Further, it
is very much suitable for diamonds
as well. It makes splendid wedding
bands for bride and bridegroom too.
The wedding rings of this pure metal
carry a lot of meaning to the
marriage. It symbolizes strong
marriage that lasts forever.
Jewelry FinishThe jewelries are
given specific look in accordance
with the occasion to wear. For
example for bride's wedding ring, it
has to have the elegant and graceful
look therefore the design need to be
creative and innovative with
polished/satin finish. For the
casual college attire, sporty look
jewelry is more preferred thus matte
grayish finish gives that needed
stealthy appearance and so on.
Titanium finishes could be
categorized into four viz. polished,
satin and anodized.
Polished Finish : This finish gives
the look which is close to platinum
and surgical steel look. It is
certainly far different from white
or silver rather nearer to the
special metallic glance.
Satin Finish : This finish is
referred to brushed or matte finish.
It is a precious metal texturing
technique that falls between a matte
finish and a brilliant one. It could
be best defined as the semi-glossy
finish by making series of shallow
parallel lines scratched on the
surface of the metal, reducing its
reflectivity and creating the matter
texture.
Anodized Finish : It is also called
as colorful finish as all colours
of rainbow could be created in this
finish option. The 'micronic' oxide
layer that covers the metal is
slightly solidified through electric
currents at diverse levels. Current
at different intensity and duration
results in one respective refractive
effect that has its specified
colour. Hence varied refractive
effects are created that appears are
different colours. No additional dye
or coloring pigment is added. This
process seems interesting and
attractive but jewelries with
anodized finish are very much prone
to scratches. And so it requires
good amount of care.
Titanium is a lustrous, silver-gray,
metallic element and jewelry created
using this high silhouette metal is
absolutely awesome. It is 100%
compatible with the human body or in
other words it could be said that as
diamonds are females best friend so
is titanium to human skin. This
versatile metal certainly has a
forever resizing policy. A friend
for the entire life span with a
lifetime guarantee is certainly
priceless therefore; titanium
jewelry should be must have in the
jewelry box. Hope you agree....
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium
http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/22.html
http://www.titanium.org/
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