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6AL-4V Titanium Foil

2007, February 7 - 10:08am — Greg Kontos
Features: Current EventsCritical Path Innovation: Materials Science

American Elements announced today that they are able to make 6AL-4V titanium foil in industrial quantities. This type of titanium alloy has high strength and low stiffness that makes it useful for a variety of applications. Most notably, aircraft, when 6AL-4V titanium alloy current comprises 50% of an airplane. American Elements expects that their new foil making procedure, which results in foil as thin as .005" thick, will also have applications in spaceships, military, armor, and consumer electronics. Their list of titanium foils can be found here.

American Elements' website has a great period table of the elements. Each element on the chart links to a quick description of the element's physical properties.


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2011, October 18 - 9:05am — Walt Perkins (not verified)

6Al 4V Tutanium foil

Can you sell me a small quantity of .005- .007 " thick titanium (6Al 4V alloy)- say 1 to 2 sq feet? I'm going to use it in a model racing plane application (landing gear strut).

Thanks for your response,

Walt

2011, November 7 - 8:34am — Galactic Overlord

Titanium Foil

I wish, unfortunately, I am but a simple blogger. I could probably acquire some to sell you, but my prices would be embarrassingly high.

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