====== Titanium aluminide ======
{{wst>image_cl|Richard Mille|RM 021|[[Richard Mille RM 021 Tourbillon "Aérodyne"]]\\ using **titanium aluminide** in the honeycomb structure of the [[mainplate]]|320px}}

**Titanium aluminide** is a watch material.

Titanium aluminide is an innovative alloy of [[titanium]] and [[aluminum]], which is stronger and more rigid, but at the same time considerably lighter than conventional metal materials. Since such materials withstand temperatures of up to a thousand degrees Celsius and are extremely rigid, they are ideal for aircrafts. At first they were explored by NASA.

[[Richard Mille]] is known for introducing latest materials in watchmaking. So for the first time in watchmaking history, he used titanium aluminide with his [[2009]] presented model [[Richard Mille RM 021 Tourbillon "Aérodyne"]] to produce the honeycomb structure of the [[mainplate]].


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