Sep 3, 2022 · Its also unclear that even good titanium alloys would be preferable over steel for a weapon/armorsmith anyways: The main selling point of titanium over steel (corrosion resistance) is not really relevant, and weight is an integral part of any weapon, especially those intended for use against steel-like armor; making those weapons lighter is not ...

Sep 3, 2022 · No, titanium bladed weapons would not be superior to steel bladed weapons of any decent quality. While titanium is appealing on its face due to the fact that it does not rust and is non magnetic (hence some submarine hulls are made out of it), and it’s greater hardness, there is a fundamentally fatal flaw; titanium is more brittle than steel ...

Sep 14, 2024 · While it didn't work out, it could make for a perfect material for power armor, since it can be made in complex shapes and still stay tough. It's basically titanium carbide grains (armor ceramic) packed in titanium. You want a durable liner behind it, and I'd pick aramid (Kevlar) over UHMWPE, for its thermal and fire resistance.

For armor there are aluminum-steel alloys and titanium alloys. Making armor lighter is the biggest benefit you can gain. For more minor alloying components nickel improves both strength and corrosion resistance of steel. If you aren't restricted to just improving the metal parts of the armor carbon fiber can make it even better, especially if ...

First, titanium has lower strengths-per-volume compared to steel. This will mean that a titanium chain mail armor is weaker than a steel chain mail, and use of steel chain mail in the 1800s as protection against bullets did not work out well. (The titanium chain mail must be weaker in order to allow for the same flexibility as the steel one.)

Jun 13, 2020 · Look up titanium refining (Kroll process), and remember that medievial society doesn't even have the concept of elements. You might get a little aluminum, but remember that aluminum was a precious metal - on a par with silver - until the invention of electrolytic refining (Hall-Heroult process) in the late 19th century.

Oct 9, 2018 · And neither titanium nor aluminum were available then. Lead, of course, was available, but way too soft and heavy to be used as armor or a weapon. Men knew of and used tin and zinc, but they didn't exist in sufficient quantity and weren't as strong as iron anyway.

This allows for armor that has a hard surface layer, with a tougher under-layer. Hadfield steel was the first steel discovered that behaved fundamentally differently from carbon steels. Before it, one had to choose between hard but brittle high-carbon steel, or soft but tough low-carbon steel.

Oct 27, 2022 · It seems Titanium might just work for armor. If only you can figure out how to work the dang stuff. This wand can turn a steel weapon or steel armor into pure single-crystalline tungsten. While not a great metal, this pure single-crystalline hocus-pocus might still be better than a sword made of impure iron or one that is poorly-forged.

Sep 2, 2016 · In a related point, Plate Armor is designed to dent! chest plate fits over padding at a distance from the wearer's body. If the armor absorbs a strike, it has room to bend without hitting the occupant. A semi-soft metal may be a benefit to armor because of the ability to bend instead of break. Given sufficient thickness, Aluminum Armor is ...