Colored PB G4

[endian]

thought this little tidbit was interesting from apple's powerbook site:

Titanium is also a popular choice for jewelry. Not only because jewelry designers like its strength and corrosion resistance, but because they relish the fact that they can produce a range of colors by anodizing or heating the titanium.

Anyone ever lick titanium?

 

[Hobeaux]

ick, no...

but does that mean if your laptop overheats that it will change colors?

 

[iRock]

hehe, sweet, hypercolor powerbooks! i'll have to dig out my old hypercolor shirts

 

[natergj]

I was a little excited about this so I wrote the USGS on the subject. Here is their reply.

When exposed to air, titanium metal develops a protective oxide film on
its surface. At elevated temperatures (about 480 degree C (900 F), the
oxide layer builds up to give a blue color. Unless the oxide is removed,
the metal will retain this color when it cools. I don't believe your
notebook comes anywhere close to this temperature. The good news is that
it will never rust.

 

[Hobeaux]

so.... if you take the casing off your Ti powerbook and pop it into the oven for a few hours you might be able to turn it to a pretty blue color.

anyone have a Kiln I can borrow?