Medical Prostheses, Aerospace, Orthopedic Implant –Titanium Metal Mil-T 4096

Titanium is a metal of choice for medical procedures. The symbol on the periodic table is Ti with the atomic number 22. This metal is so popular because it in non reactive to the internal conditions of the human body and is non-corrosive. It can be combined with several other metals to make alloys, such as vanadium, aluminium, iron and molybdenum. The metal has a low density but is considered to be a very strong metal; it is light weight as well.

• Some of the aircrafts use mil-t 4096 given by the titanium forging process because it is durable and a strong metal.
• This metal has a benefit of sustaining its form up to a very high temperature.
• The aircrafts use mil-t 4096 for its many parts which has to bear the high temperature of heat.
• The alloy form of the titanium does not need to be coated in order to avoid corrosion.

Titanium forging is basically the process of hardening the metal and giving different shapes to the alloy. It has got a high strength and weight ratio. The durability of the alloy is long that is why it is a trust worthy metal to be used in such an expensive machinery like aircrafts and in such a valuable place like the human body.

Alloys that are made after mixing with the titanium metal give the metal more strength and durability to it and make it a light weight element. The strength of titanium can be compared with that of steel, but it is almost 45% lighter than steel.

• Physical properties- Titanium metal has many great properties i.e it has a low density in spite of having high strength.
• It is a ductile metal.
• The metal has a high melting point with paramagnetic qualities which makes it a low conductor of heat and electricity.
If we compare the metal with aluminium, then it occurs that the density of titanium is 60% less of aluminium, but it has the strength higher than that of aluminium.
• Heat may play adverse effect only when the metal is heated up to 430degree Celsius.

The processing of Titanium is an expensive process, which is known as Kroll process. This makes the metal quite an expensive one despite of being found variably in nature.
Production and fabrication of titanium by Kroll process makes it expensive because it is a complex and expensive process.