Titanium Body Jewelry

 

Titanium is found in nature. Titanium is the most bio-compatible of all metals. It is due to its total resistance to attack by body fluids. Titanium has a very high boiling point. Titanium is also corrosion-resistant. Titanium is an extremely lightweight and elemental metal. Titanium is ductile in its pure form. The alloy of Titanium is used for body jewelry. It is 6AL4V, in which 60 parts are aluminum, and 40 parts are vanadium. Specifically 136 grade of Titanium is used for body jewelry. Anodizing produces a variety of colors in Titanium. Dyeing is not following in the titanium body jewelry. Anodizing is the process in which the jewelry is submerged in an electrolyte solution like titanium chloride. Oxide layer is created on the jewelry during anodizing due to which voltage is applied. The refraction of light through the oxide layer results in the color formation. The color intensity is decided by the thickness of the layer.

The anodized oxide is lost slowly or gradually. The color fades or changes when the anodized oxide wears away. The duration of the anodized oxide to wear off eventually depends on the thickness of the oxide layer. It also depends on the amount of friction and wear on the jewelry.

Titanium can be used in the following body jewelries:

In any ear piercing, (for example lobe, tragus, cartilage and conch) titanium labrets can be used. Straight and bent barbells are available in Titanium. If one would like to heal the belly piercing, titanium bananas are the safest choice. To hide the nose piercing, Bioflex clear transparent nose stud retainers can be used. Titanium nose twist or nose studs are also available. The combination of titanium with PTFE is very safe and gives one comfort in hiding the piercing in any parts of the body.

Titanium asteroids, satellites, UFO, dimpled or threaded jeweled balls, jeweled micro ball, titanium threaded discs and so on fall under the category of the titanium body accessories. Due to its stability at higher temperatures also, Titanium body jewelry does not cause harm to any part of the body on which it is used. As titanium is used inside the body for repairing broken bones or skull, it can be used even as pierced into the delicate parts of the body. It is always to safely protect the body jewelry in the containers in which they are shipped when the Titanium body jewelry is not used. It helps in increasing the life of the color of the body jewelry.

 

 

 

 

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