Is titanium really radioactive?

Question: I broke my themer a couple of years ago, like when I was 8 years old. They had to do surgery on it and put 2 titanium rods in it to heal. I waited a month mabey and I wen't in to surgery to get them removed. The doctors successfully got one rod out, but was not able to get the other one out because it was to deep in to the themer and the bone started to cover it. Its now been 5 years with one rod still perminitly in my themer, and i found out on a Periodic Table Of The Elements that titanium was radioactive. Is this true? Could it be a hazard to my health?

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Titanium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. It is a light, strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant (including resistance to sea water and chlorine) transition metal with a white-silvery-metallic colour. Titanium is used in strong light-weight alloys (most notably with iron and aluminium) and its most common compound, titanium dioxide, is used in white pigments. now only inner transition elements are radioactive, and transition elements are non radioactive, hence my friend titanium is not radioactive . take care

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Titanium is not radioactive, I worked in a plant that made aircraft parts out of titanium for over 7yrs, and it was never an issue. Do not worry about it.

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if they put it in your leg then it is not avtive enough to hurt you. if it was they probably would have torn your leg apart to get it out If it was a hazard to your health the doctors would have found a way to take it out. Especially since it is going to be there forever. Maybe there are special precautions you may need to take. I am sure your doctor should have addressed these to you and your family. If you are still scared about the situation ask you doctor.

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its supposed to be one of the strongest metals.thats why they put in your body.i highly doubt its bad.they make jewlery out of it too.

There are no naturally occuring isotopes of titanium that are radioactive. That does not mean that radioactive isotopes of titanium don't exist. There are a few isotopes of radium that are radioactive. Most have very short half-lives - from a few minutes to a few hours (they decay very quickly to more stable elements).

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Titanium is a chemical element . It is a light, strong, lustrous.Titanium is well known for its excellent resistance to corrosion; it is almost as resistant as platinum, being able to withstand attack by acids.Experiments have shown that natural titanium becomes very radioactive.but in body it is used in metalic form which is not radioactive. it is not

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