wrecker45
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does titanium have much value
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As an engineer who probably had to work with it Harold you can no doubt understand why but the scrap value is disappointing to put it politely!Harold_V said:
It does, but you have to understand how ti and it's alloys are processed.
Scrap titanium is made into a compressed "block." The block can then be used as an anode (or cathode, I'm not sure) in a melting furnace. The block is lowered into the furnace until an arc occurs, then a puddle of molten ti is created, with the anode of compressed ti being consumed until it is entirely molten.
There are many alloys of Titanium, and you would need 1) large quantities (like thousands of pounds of scrap) 2) Known alloys, such as pure titanium, TiAlV5 (Titanium, Aluminum, Vanadium) and they would need to be separated.
The problems that you encounter is that a smelter who would buy it must trust that what you have, is in fact, what you have. Therefore a stamping/punching shop which generates thousands of pounds of identical, "traceable" (in commerce, Ti comes with chemical composition sheet) scrap can sell said scrap. The last time I looked it was worth a few $ a pound but that was in '86, who knows now.
If you have a few pounds, or a few hundred pounds, or even a few thousand pounds without traceable papers it is unlikely that you will get a buyer.
The exception to this is traceable "chunk" meaning 2x2" stock or heavier, this is more desirable as it can be welded together to create a consumable electrode.
An option, if it is clean sheet, or clean wire, is to see if it is anodizable. If clean and bright, without scratches, and is anodizable you might be able to sell it to some crafters who make titanium jewelry. This is true also about zirconium, Niobium and Tantalum.
Hope this helps.
Scrap titanium is made into a compressed "block." The block can then be used as an anode (or cathode, I'm not sure) in a melting furnace. The block is lowered into the furnace until an arc occurs, then a puddle of molten ti is created, with the anode of compressed ti being consumed until it is entirely molten.
There are many alloys of Titanium, and you would need 1) large quantities (like thousands of pounds of scrap) 2) Known alloys, such as pure titanium, TiAlV5 (Titanium, Aluminum, Vanadium) and they would need to be separated.
The problems that you encounter is that a smelter who would buy it must trust that what you have, is in fact, what you have. Therefore a stamping/punching shop which generates thousands of pounds of identical, "traceable" (in commerce, Ti comes with chemical composition sheet) scrap can sell said scrap. The last time I looked it was worth a few $ a pound but that was in '86, who knows now.
If you have a few pounds, or a few hundred pounds, or even a few thousand pounds without traceable papers it is unlikely that you will get a buyer.
The exception to this is traceable "chunk" meaning 2x2" stock or heavier, this is more desirable as it can be welded together to create a consumable electrode.
An option, if it is clean sheet, or clean wire, is to see if it is anodizable. If clean and bright, without scratches, and is anodizable you might be able to sell it to some crafters who make titanium jewelry. This is true also about zirconium, Niobium and Tantalum.
Hope this helps.
wrecker45
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thanks guys i was looking at ti rings on an auction seems to go cheap
