answersLogoWhite

0

It is lightweight and stronger than steel. Steel is really heavy and flying requires light but strong materials.

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Is titanium used in work nails?

Unlikely. Titanium is rather expensive due to it's light qualities, and it is not necessary to have these qualities in work nails. I suggest steel would be their material.


What is the best metal for an axe?

i would recommend steel or if you are very rich titanium.


Why would you not use stainless steel for spades?

It would not be cost efficient -NASA probably uses titanium!


What would be the same quality as titanium for a naval piercing?

What grade of titanium, there are several grades some are toxic to the body. You need to know much more than just what it is. Grade 23 Titanium is the best surgical grade out there, then there are the steel grades. 316LVM or British Composition D surgical stainless steel is the next best material. Then you have Bio-plastic or PTFE as options instead of steel or titanium.


Is steel stronger than titanium?

By:Venom751998: By strength-to-weight ratio NO. Steel and titanium both have about the same overall strength, but titanium is about 45% lighter than steel. However, it might be more expensive. If you can, check out carbon fiber. It is known to be 5x stronger than steel and 2x as stiff. By: venom751998


Is titanium the hardest or is stainless steel the hardest?

Titanium is usually an alloy just like aluminum. It is impossible to harden a titanium alloy beyond Rockwell C in the mid 40s. Most knives are also alloys of steel. Usually stainless steel and heat treated to a hardness of high 50s to low 60s. But a sword needs to treated to the low 50s because of the shock they will receive from a strike. The answer is to use a titanium alloy coating over steel to give hardness while limiting brittleness. Titanium alloys such as titanium-carbide, titanium-nitride or titanium-carbo-nitride (black coating) can be used. An example would be the gold drill bits. They are usually titanium alloy or more commonly a tungsten alloy. These alloys can reach a hardness of Rockwell C 85, but when used as a coating, it merely allows the blade to hold an edge and does not strengthen the overall structure. Although a full titanium alloy blade would be possible, it must consist of a softer inner core. This would not strenghthen the blade but would reduce weight.


Why you would use steel wool rather than sponge in removing rust?

Steel wool is more abrasive.


Can you make a boat out of titanium?

Yes, in fact for years Russian submarines were made of titanium. It is stronger than steel and non-magnetic. A boat made of titanium would be very strong and light also prohibitively expensive. Aluminium is much more common in marine construction.


Is steel stronger than aluminum?

It heavily depends on which type of stainless steel you're referring to and what your definition of strong is. High carbon and perhaps plain carbon steels would be harder then austenite and ferritic stainless, but martensitic stainless would be harder then plain/high carbon. Austenite and ferritic stainless would be tougher and austenite would have have highest degree of corrosion resistance. I consider a steel to be "strong" if it has a balance of hardness and toughness in which case,I would say martensitic stainless steels.


What is mixed with titanium to make a mixture?

If you mixed titanium with anything, you would then have a titanium mixture.


What are the cooking utensils made of alloys?

Anything that says it is made of stainless steel. There is also titanium, but any other alloy would be too expensive and impractical.


Why are handlebars of bikes made of steel?

Not all of them are. Most are aluminium, some are carbon fibre, and you might even be able to find a Titanium one. But steel would be strong enough and inexpensive enough, and easy enough to manufacture.