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Originally Posted by freebeard
A few years back someone announced a double-smelting process that would make titanium as cheap as aluminum. I really wanted to see that one turn out.
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Ahh yes I totally dismissed that one.
Too bad because titanium oxide is fairly common and cheap.
I occasionally work with titanium, weld it, cut it, shape it.
Typically I can pick up scrap for as cheaply as $10 per pound normally its about $25 a pound for larger good clean reuseable scrap.
For a time full retail price was close to $100/lb.
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