[TheForge] titanium

[Jerry Smith]

         Titanium has an ignition point of something like 6,000 degrees F.


Jerry

At 02:23 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote:


>"terry l. ridder" wrote:
> >
> > hello;
> >
> > i was chatting with a friend on the internet last night and he
> > mentioned that he has roughly 12 pounds of titanium and that he was
> > wondering what he could do with it. the titanium is from blown racing
> > engines; connecting rods, valves, valve spring retainers, etc.
>
>         Since these are all alloys, the forging can be something
>         of miserable and there are safety concerns due to the
>         vanadium content.
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