| type="text/javascript"> | | | | bend it over your knee, you would probably find that it |
| There seems to be a lot of myths and legends | | | | would snap like a carrot. Titanium on the other hand is |
| concerning this topic so I will try to put the record | | | | relatively soft in as much as it can be easily cut and |
| straight. Titanium is a material that is not particularly | | | | marked, but has a high tensile strength which means |
| hard but is very strong and has a high tensile strength. | | | | that if you put it over your knee and had the strength |
| Many people are unsure as to the difference between | | | | to bend it, it would bend without breaking. Tensile |
| hardness and tensile strength and often get them | | | | strength, in a nutshell, is resistance of a material to |
| confused. Let us consider diamond, the hardest | | | | pulling force before it shears or pulls apart. Paper has |
| material currently known to man. If you had a rod of | | | | low tensile strength, cake has very low tensile strength |
| diamond that was 25mm in diameter and 1 metre long, | | | | and Titanium and Titanium alloys have high tensile |
| you wouldn't easily scratch it or mark it but if you try to | | | | strength. |