I went to the flea market yesterday and bought a couple of chisels. After talking to the guy for a little bit and telling him I was a blacksmith he handed me a small piece of thick sheet metal, He said that he didn't know what it was but his son brought it home from an aircraft factory. It is 3/32" thick, 1.5" wide and 18" long, has a gold tint to it,and is pretty hard. A magnet will stick to it. I dulled a new hacksaw blade almost instantly although it did mark the metal and it can be filed. It flexes when bent by hand but springs back straight. Is this Ti.? and what would be a good use for a piece this size? Won't let me post pic's.

Having no idea what it is I would not heat it in a forge or do any grinding on it. Some aerospace alloys have vary toxic things in them.

Just being curious, (as well as taking MLMartins advice) I would touch it on a grinder and spark test it. White sparks are Ti. but Ti by itself is non magnetic The only way I have of checking alloys is against known samples.

The only sure way to know what it is would be to have a sample analyzed. I've never had it done so can't go further on that.

There are all kinds of alloys used in aircraft these days so it's hard to say what it might be.

ron

most scrap yards use x-ray fluoresent analizer guns now. Maybe they would test it for you.....

Ti is "paramagnetic" meaning it will support a magnetic field when exposed to a magnetic field and therefore may be magnetic under certain circumstances. A strong magnet will stick to titanium.

Figure the density and look.

Phil