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To: rdww who wrote (74695)	8/8/2001 7:13:29 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) of 116753

Major use of Ti is white paint. It is also used to make the moon shine bright white so couples do not have to use electricity or batteries and fiddly lamps to find snaps and fasteners. Moonshine is also important so moths may flit about and eat woolens, thereby increasing the woolen trade. This frees up grazing land so sheep can roam about the poorer countries, giving Welsh and New Zealand animal lovers something to do to keep warm on a frosty hillside. This has vastly increased the market for outsize rubber boots. Ti metals are becoming increasingly important in the aircraft and building industries as working techniques for the metal have improved of late. with way cheaper metal the usage in bridge, industrial building, aircraft and automotive would increase markedly. It may be efficacious in exhaust pipes, mufflers, brake and wheel parts and underpaneling and frames. Weight reductions would be major as a Titanium car would perhaps be half the weight for the same strength. Since much less area of Ti has to be used to get the same strength this would make many more space saving structure possible to build in both rolling stock and permanent structure. Bridges made of Titanium would be much less susceptible to failure as the aeolian cross section would be much reduced and vibration lessened. Vehicles could carry much more load as the frames would be markedly lighter. Fuel savings would be evident. The Russians use Titanium piping in their nickel producing plants and when they need new mill circuitry they just put in new piping over the old as the old stuff never wears out. Architects are increasingly using Titanium as cladding in buildings as it is light and extremely long lasting, not needing any weather protection. Ti has one drawback thermodyamically in that it expands more than iron when heated so it if it is to be mated with parts that become heated this must be considered. It is also has a very much higher melting temperature which makes it expensive to form or work, but this heat resistant characteristic gives it many uses in the military applications and with jet aircraft. A solid Titanium engine could stand higher temperatures and would be more efficient than its iron counterpart, due to ligher parts and higher operating temperature. EC<:-}

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