"Titanium Steel" ?

[a.m.cato]

   Some sellers are offering jewlery made of what they are calling "Titanium Steel".    What is that ? ?  Is it a selling gimmick to make people think they are getting a better product ?  No Titanium at all ? ?   

[femmefan1946]

I googled and only found a few discussion boards where people were as confused as you (and me).

The guesses were:

• Steel with a titanium plating- no advantage since titanium scratches easily
• Steel with a very low titanium content- like 0.1 %
• Typo
• Flaming trousers.

It's not a known alloy and if you want titanium, don't go for that listing.

And I learned that while steel is magnetic, titanium isn't. So if the item attracts magnets, it's not titanium.

[mcrlmn]

Lots of references to Titanium Steel on Goole.

[ypdc_dennis]

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a.m.cato wrote:  

   Some sellers are offering jewlery made of what they are calling "Titanium Steel".    What is that ? ?  Is it a selling gimmick to make people think they are getting a better product ?  No Titanium at all ? ?   

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From my googling it should be (if genuine) stainless steel with a 1-4% coating of titanium.