The Element Titanium

Most recent answer: 02/15/2008

Q:
is Titanium a metel?
- ashley silvers (age 14)
cedrville ohio
A:
Titanium is indeed a metal.   It has an atomic number of 22 and a number of isotopes:
46
Ti through 50Ti with 48Ti being the most abundant (73.8%).  It is almost as strong as steel but only about half as heavy.   It is used as an alloying material with a number of other different metals.

LeeH

(published on 02/15/2008)

Follow-Up #1: Titanium is not steel

Q:
Strictly speaking, Would titainium fishing leader wire be considered a steel, or different from steel or Stainless Steel altogether?
- Bob Dunlap
San Jose Ca
A:
Strictly speaking, Titanium is a metallic element: it is not the same element as iron.  Steel is an alloy of iron and a few percent of other elements like carbon, chromium, nickel, etc.   Stainless steel is an alloy of iron and at least 10 per cent of chromium.

LeeH

(published on 05/16/2013)