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Titanium’s metallurgical characteristics makes it the metal of choice for many diverse applications including aerospace, industrial, chemical processing, marine, medical, sporting, and consumer goods. The original application for this metal was in the military aerospace industry specifically because of its efficiencies in structural qualities, a result of titanium’s strength and density.

Due to the biocompatibility of titanium, the metal is used extensively in the human body, as hip and knee implants, pacemaker cases, dental implants, and craniofacial plates to name a few specific medical applications.

Because the fact that it is nonmagnetic, It has the ability to hold strength at high temperatures, and it has a relatively high melting point. Besides a high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance in many oxidizing environments including brackish and salt water and biocompatibility include its low modulus of elasticity which gives it flexibility and good thermal conductivity.