Titanium grade 1 is here to stay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (for me at least)
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I have not...yet, alot of people keep saying that dry burning is bad...I guess due to whatever oxides are released at higher temps so my first round was spaced and I may do some compressed but I dunno yet...
EXACTLY...I almost didn't get any cause everyone said it was so hard to work with...this stuff is SUPER easy to work with, for me at least, it's not any different that working with nichrome 80
I saw that too. But there were also critics with metallurgical backgrounds that basically dismissed the concern of oxides being "toxic".
There were a few that referenced studies that showed oxides that vapers are likely to be exposed to are considered "Mild Irritants" to the lungs but in industrial settings where employees would be exposed to doses far exceeding what any vaper would ever be likely to reach.
Most oxides formed on typical wire such as Kanthal is mostly aluminum oxide which bonds to the metal and is highly unlikely to flake off since the oxide is harder than the base metal. what does come off is usually in flakes that are unlikely to end up in the lungs, and again isn't technically considered toxic, especially in the minute doses that we would be exposed to.
Titanium Oxide is for the most part benign, it is the main active ingredient in sunscreen, but when it oxidizes it forms a whitish powder on the surface of the metal that is easily brushed off. That could be inhaled deep into the lungs but again, according to the responses referencing published studies is still only a irritant if inhaled and not necessarily a toxin.
It's a judgement call concerning what metal you choose for your coil but I feel reassured that any exposure to these oxides from either Kanthal or Titanium is of such minimal risk that I'll experiment with Ti and feel confident that it's no riskier than any other available material.
The only issue I saw that does concern me is that contact coils using Ti seem to be more at risk of shorting and popping than the others.
I love my contact micro-coils but that doesn't mean I couldn't get used to spaced coils if the performance and taste exceeds my long time friend Kanthal.
Yeah I heard that about the contact coils as well which is why I just made the first ones as I did but everyone who HAS made them seems yet to have complained from what I can find right now and a lot of peeps are using twisted coils with the Ti in 30 gauge so...I will try as soon as I can find some 30 gauge...the site I wanted to get it from is out and has been out for some time as I discovered...rubbish, all rubbish
Yeah... I noticed that as well.
This was posted on the "other" Ti thread... 30g and in stock.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/74698735/pure-titanium-wire-hypoallergenic-100
Whaddayathink?!?
that looks good, now let's hope they have it in stock in a couple days when I get paid lol
That IS expensive though and should be twice that length for that price but hey if he's the only one that gotz it lol
How much of that amazing flavor can be contributed to the Ti wire and how much is it due to using TCon the DNA40?
Spaced (since it was my first temp sensing build, I wanted the least number of complications), about 9 wraps (if memory serves me correctly -- it was a long coil) around a 3/32 drill bit. Came to about .27 ohms. It's saved me from burn hits since I put this in a Taifun GT clone that's having difficulty wicking (juice is probably too thick for a tank, and my GT has always been finicky about wicking -- it either floods or goes dry).
Mine is very close to kanthal, but maybe slightly softer. The nichrome 80 I had was much softer than this. Overall, definitely an easy wire to work with.
This is what I ordered if anyone is interested.
Amazon.com : Titanium Wire Gr. 1 Pure .50 Mm 50 Ft. Round Wire : Other Products : Everything Else
The fact that I also used it on a mech while I was building it is what lead me to this conclusion
It has been a while since I have worked with kanthal so this may be closer to kanthal as you said, all I have used in the last erm...almost year I think is nichrome and nickel so yeah, maybe closer to kanthal
Just saw Steam Engine has Titanium 1.
Cool
I will have to check it out
.5mm and .25mm are you can find right now (24g and 30g) if you can pull a miracle, please let us know
Can anyone find this 28 gauge, I had one other person saying that they were working on it but nothing else yet
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