There are many different opinions about titanium. The most common ones we hear are pure titanium, titanium alloy, and titanium gold. These three have similar names, so what are the differences between them?

Pure titanium

Pure titanium is the original titanium metal that has not been processed. It usually contains more than 99% titanium, and the rest is some impurities. Due to the high chemical activity of titanium, it is easy to react with oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and other gases in the atmosphere, so it is almost impossible to achieve 100% purity.

Since the processing performance of pure titanium is better than that of alloys, some products with higher requirements for material forming performance are mainly pure titanium, such as pots, bowls, cups, kettles and other stretch-formed products. At the same time, pure titanium is often processed into various shapes of tubes, rods, plates, wires, etc.

Titanium alloy

Titanium alloy is an alloy composed of titanium and other elements, such as aluminum, nickel, chromium, copper, etc., in order to obtain higher strength, corrosion resistance, and high temperature resistance.

Titanium alloy has a wide range of applications, mainly used to make aircraft engine compressor parts, followed by rockets, missiles and high-speed aircraft structural parts. In addition, titanium alloys are also widely used in many fields such as the automotive industry, military equipment, medical treatment, chemical industry, sports goods, and daily necessities.

Titanium

So far, my country has not yet had a professional and clear definition of titanium, nor a unified standard specification. Some people refer to titanium alloys as titanium, but the industry has a narrower definition of titanium. In most cases, titanium refers specifically to imitation gold materials that have been treated with titanium nitride coating (PVD).