5 ms·

> No worries on being oven safe as its melting temp is 3,000°F. Two things: - Your bowl is most likely not pure titanium and is probably made of an alloy. -

> No worries on being oven safe as its melting temp is 3,000°F. Two things: - Your bowl is most likely not pure titanium and is probably made of an alloy. - Over 1,200F titanium produces titanium dioxide and may give you titanium dioxide poisoning.

AlbertCory 3y ago
My oven only goes to 500F. Some go to 550F. Even Ooni's are 1000F at most. What does yours do?
- simlevesque 3y ago
  Well most oven won't burn any of your cookware no matter the material. I just wanted to emphasize that there are danger below 3,000F.
  - flaminHotSpeedo 3y ago
    I'll bear that in mind the next time I decide to make lasagne in a crucible
  - garaetjjte 3y ago
    >won't burn any of your cookware Except PTFE coatings, which releases toxic gases above ~260°C/500°F
    - AlbertCory 3y ago
      except this post was originally about titanium.
carabiner 3y ago
It's grade 1 unalloyed titanium from Snow Peak: https://www.snowpeak.com/blogs/explore/ultralight-everything https://www.snowpeak.com/blogs/explore/ultralight-everything with the lowest oxygen content. Your hazard warnings are noted though, and I definitely will keep it at lower temps. I've also got their titanium flask. I had it engraved from a random guy on youtube who had experience engraving on Ti, because everyone else I contacted (mostly jewelry shops) could only anodize it.
petsfed 3y ago
If there was a way to bend this particular exchange into the style of the article, I would. Its definitely in the same spirit.
- wkat4242 3y ago
  This sounds like a job ChatGPT would excel at :) I will leave actually doing so as an exercise for the reader.
maybecorrect 3y ago
I'm pretty sure titanium dioxide is pretty inert. It's a primary ingredient in sunscreen and diaper cream. Otherwise, I agree with your point.
- flangola7 3y ago
  Outside the body is one thing. The EU banned it as a food additive last year and some US states are considering it too. TiO2 has genotoxic traits, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323234/
  - biztos 3y ago
    I always found it odd that my acrylic paint and my toothpaste share this ingredient.
    - twright0 3y ago
      Dihydrogen monoxide too!
      - flangola7 3y ago
        Water isn't genotoxic. Titanium is. It's fair to be concerned about chemicals when the chemicals cause objective harm.
- maybecorrect 3y ago
  Correcting myself, I was thinking of Zinc Oxide. But it's still pretty inert. I wouldn't want a plate of it, but whatever level of toxicity it possesses, it is low enough that it requires careful study to detect.

AlbertCory 3y ago

My oven only goes to 500F. Some go to 550F. Even Ooni's are 1000F at most. What does yours do?

simlevesque 3y ago
Well most oven won't burn any of your cookware no matter the material. I just wanted to emphasize that there are danger below 3,000F.
- flaminHotSpeedo 3y ago
  I'll bear that in mind the next time I decide to make lasagne in a crucible
- garaetjjte 3y ago
  >won't burn any of your cookware Except PTFE coatings, which releases toxic gases above ~260°C/500°F
  - AlbertCory 3y ago
    except this post was originally about titanium.

carabiner 3y ago

It's grade 1 unalloyed titanium from Snow Peak: https://www.snowpeak.com/blogs/explore/ultralight-everything https://www.snowpeak.com/blogs/explore/ultralight-everything with the lowest oxygen content. Your hazard warnings are noted though, and I definitely will keep it at lower temps. I've also got their titanium flask. I had it engraved from a random guy on youtube who had experience engraving on Ti, because everyone else I contacted (mostly jewelry shops) could only anodize it.

petsfed 3y ago

If there was a way to bend this particular exchange into the style of the article, I would. Its definitely in the same spirit.

wkat4242 3y ago
This sounds like a job ChatGPT would excel at :) I will leave actually doing so as an exercise for the reader.

maybecorrect 3y ago

I'm pretty sure titanium dioxide is pretty inert. It's a primary ingredient in sunscreen and diaper cream. Otherwise, I agree with your point.

flangola7 3y ago
Outside the body is one thing. The EU banned it as a food additive last year and some US states are considering it too. TiO2 has genotoxic traits, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323234/
- biztos 3y ago
  I always found it odd that my acrylic paint and my toothpaste share this ingredient.
  - twright0 3y ago
    Dihydrogen monoxide too!
    - flangola7 3y ago
      Water isn't genotoxic. Titanium is. It's fair to be concerned about chemicals when the chemicals cause objective harm.
maybecorrect 3y ago
Correcting myself, I was thinking of Zinc Oxide. But it's still pretty inert. I wouldn't want a plate of it, but whatever level of toxicity it possesses, it is low enough that it requires careful study to detect.