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Although Titanium lightly alloyed is used in some joint replacements, it may well be more commonly known for its use as Nitinol, a Nickel/Titanium alloy, which has weird "memory" properties. Nitinol is one of the more common stent materials.
Cleaning Titanium is quite difficult, particularly if it is heavily oxidized, as the common "cleaning" agent, (Hydrofluoric Acid) attacks Titanium vigorously, and then to frost the cake, this causes Hydrogen embrittlement.
Not everyone/everywhere is as "enlightened" as we like to think we are, and yes, there is still choro-ethanes still in use in cleaning (Think "dry cleaning" clothes).
There are proprietary cleaners which purport to get around these issues. If interested, contact me off Technet.
Rudy Sedlak
RD Chemical Company
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