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✈️Structure et nuances

Titane · Haute résistance spécifique et films résistants aux chlorures.

What holds Titane together is not the nickname. Formula Ti (α/β alloys), density 4.51 g/cm³.

Meters are atlas-relative. Grades are the SKUs buyers write.

Phases

Ti (α/β alloys)

Chemistry

Titane is specified as Ti (α/β alloys). Density band 4.51 g/cm³.

Microstructure

Order

Processing sets grain, crystallinity or fibre orientation — the reason two lots of Titane can test differently.

Interfaces

Surfaces

Coatings, oxide films, sizings or paper faces often decide weather and fire behaviour more than the bulk brochure.

Defects

Flaws

Inclusions, voids, knots, pinholes or residual stress start the failures that mill certificates do not list.

Grades

Variants

Titane is a family. Grade names below are the ones buyers actually write on RFQs.

Ageing

Time

Moisture, UV, creep, hydrogen or carbonation shift properties in service. Design to the aged state.

Jauges relatives

Strength86

Strength is an editorial 0–100 mark relative to the other 31 materials in this atlas — not a laboratory certificate.

Heat envelope78

Heat envelope is an editorial 0–100 mark relative to the other 31 materials in this atlas — not a laboratory certificate.

Fire behaviour80

Fire behaviour is an editorial 0–100 mark relative to the other 31 materials in this atlas — not a laboratory certificate.

Insulation14

Insulation is an editorial 0–100 mark relative to the other 31 materials in this atlas — not a laboratory certificate.

Workability42

Workability is an editorial 0–100 mark relative to the other 31 materials in this atlas — not a laboratory certificate.

Circularity48

Circularity is an editorial 0–100 mark relative to the other 31 materials in this atlas — not a laboratory certificate.

Nuances

Grade 2 CP

Formable, corrosion workhorse.

Formable, corrosion workhorse.

Grade 5 Ti-6-4

α+β airframe and implants.

α+β airframe and implants.

Grade 23 ELI

Extra-low interstitial medical.

Extra-low interstitial medical.

Ti-6-2-4-2

High-temp aero.

High-temp aero.

Beta-C

High-strength β alloys for springs.

High-strength β alloys for springs.

Liaisons

Primary bonding

Titane holds together by metallic bonding.

Secondary forces

Hydrogen bonds, van der Waals stacks or grain-boundary cohesion set toughness and moisture uptake.

Composites & fills

Fillers, fibres, plasticisers or aggregates are part of the real product, not impurities.

Environment film

Oxides, chars, sizings or paints are the layer the world actually meets.

Change the grade, the coating or the moisture and you have a different material with the same English name.

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