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    There have not been enough recent Beetle events for any kind of patterns to emerge but I would say 1mm of Grade 5 Ti should be able to take most of what a beetle spinner can dish out.

    The softer grades (1-4) would need more but you could bend those back where as you cant with anything Grade 5 and up.

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    It's hard but more brittle (I think) so will snap rather than bending.

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    Grades 1-4 are pure titanium in a variety of structures and oxidisation levels.

    Grade 5 is the first Alloy and contains 6% aluminium, 4% vanadium and a maxiumum of 0.25% iron. This makes it incredibly stiff (Bending resistance), hard (Scratch Resistance) and tough (How much energy it can absorb before deforming).

    I don't think it is technically more brittle than G1-4, but when you bend it you damage the structure in such a way that links on the outside of the bend break and when you bend it back you snap it as you only have half the thickness of the sheet which is structurally intact.

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    Grade 5 will bend, but not bend back without cracking.

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