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Chemicals to dissolve titanium for fine art?

2004

Are there readily available chemicals which dissolve titanium at room temperature? I would appreciate any advice- please respond privately if this is too dumb a question for this expert forum! I also would like to know if any of the readers can electroform Ti. Both questions relate to a fine art fabrication project.

Thanks!

Bo Gehring
Fine art fabricator - Beacon, New York

2004

letter 13432 addresses etching of titanium. Titanium cannot be electroformed, sorry.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

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