The common use of titanium in everyday hardware products is now becoming a less unusual and very welcome sight. Whether you have nearly lost the mast on your sailboat due to corroded clevis pins holding the rigging up or you spent entirely too much time removing a rusty bolt from a rusty bracket with a rusty wrench, you know the time has come for change.

With its unparalleled corrosion resistance, titanium is the ideal material for all manner of hardware items. Titanium pipe for power plants is a one example. The reason titanium is an overall better tubing option than some materials is due to its immunity to corrosion. It is impervious to corrosion in saline and brackish environments and since titanium produces a naturally occurring oxide film, it resist breakdown from chloride ions as well. Titanium condenser tube plugs have in fact been in use in some power plants for 40 years consecutively without re-tubing. The Arthur Kill Station in New York has been operating with titanium condenser tube plugs since 1971. Using a lower cost material can cost less initially, however, the cost can be significantly more overall due to tube failure from corrosion, erosion and bio-fouling.

Titanium’s combination of high strength plus its corrosion resistance make it able to withstand the test of time. So, next time you wipe the blood from your knuckles after trying to remove that rusty bolt from that rusty bracket with that rusty wrench, consider the superior alternative that will save you time and money.