{"id":2549,"date":"2026-01-25T13:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/?post_type=knowledge-base&#038;p=2549"},"modified":"2026-01-25T13:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:02:39","slug":"when-should-i-choose-titanium-over-stainless-steel","status":"publish","type":"knowledge-base","link":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/th\/knowledge-base\/when-should-i-choose-titanium-over-stainless-steel\/","title":{"rendered":"When should I choose Titanium over Stainless Steel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While 316L is good, Titanium is the ultimate subsea metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Corrosion Immunity:<\/strong> unlike Stainless Steel, Titanium does not rely on a passive oxide layer that can be stripped away; it is chemically stable in chloride-rich environments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Weight:<\/strong> Titanium is roughly 45% lighter than steel, allowing ROV designers to reduce the amount of syntactic foam (buoyancy material) required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u0e04\u0e48\u0e32\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e08\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22:<\/strong> While the initial cost is higher, the &#8220;Total Cost of Ownership&#8221; is lower for long-term projects due to zero maintenance requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"faq_category":[79],"class_list":["post-2549","knowledge-base","type-knowledge-base","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-materials-environmental-durability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/2549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge-base"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/2549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}