Material Category

Titanium Alloys

Titanium earns its cost where steel is too heavy and aluminum too weak or too corrodible: implants, aerostructure, chemical service. Grade 2 (commercially pure) is the corrosion play — formable, weldable, biocompatible. Grade 5 (Ti-6Al-4V) is the strength play at 950 MPa. Both machine slowly; budget 3–5× aluminum cycle time.