Titanium Cookware - Name Games

Titanium cookware seems very hot now and is easily seen online. Acctually there is some confusion about the name. Most "titanium cookware" on the market are not made of titanium, atleast not pure titanium.

Titanium is a silver colored metallic material that has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of all metals. In other words, it is lightweight but has incredible strength and durability.  Pure titanium cookwares are  silver-colored. It is a big mistake that pure titanium cookware is nonstick. In fact, they are stick and thermally nonuniform, which means titanium is not a good material for cooking good quality foods. Titanium cookwares are goood for travellers because they extremely light.

Most "titanium cookwares" for everyday use are not made of pure titanium material. There are two kind of "titanium cookwares" in term of manufacturing process and materials. One "titanium cookware" has a covering layer of titanium oxide which is formed between 4000 to 10000 degrees C. The other "titanium cookware" is covered with nonstick layer with or without nonstick material similar to Teflon. All these "titanium" or "titanium reinforced" cookwares are scratch-resistant, very hard and durable. But they are obvious different from pure titanium cookwares. They are utilizing titanium name to promote market.

So if one is really concerned with Teflon problem, attention should be paid when considering titanium cookwares.