Materials

CURRENT VERSION OF THE ASTM F-136 STANDARD

At Cascade Body Jewelry, we only use Titanium-6Aluminum-4Vanadium ELI per ASTM F-136 to manufacture body jewelry. You may view the current version of the ASTM F-136 standard in the linked PDF above, along with the results of testing we had performed by an independent lab. All of our material is sourced from Medical material suppliers using all US melted materials.

Furthermore, we track all of batches of jewelry by material lots, so we know what pieces were produced with each batch of material. With every order we ship out, the customer will also receive a completely non-redacted copy of the material certification for the batch of material used to produce the order. We believe in full transparency and open communication between manufacturers and piercing studios, and if the studio wishes, all the information is there to pass on to their piercing clients.

All three of the main elements in Ti-6Al-4V ELI, titanium, aluminum and vanadium, are considered to be paramagnetic. Paramagnetic is defined as...

paramagnetic

(of a substance or body) very weakly attracted by the poles of a magnet, but not retaining any permanent magnetism.

The reason this is important to note is, like you, we have told our piercing clients for decades that the titanium alloy we use is completely non-magnetic. We have recently learned that is not exactly true and we have seen it proven so in real world applications. Although the magnetic attraction is extremely weak and will likely never cause an issue with a piercing in the presence of a magnetic field, here at Cascade Body Jewelry, we do NOT guarantee this material to be completely non-magnetic, nor should any other manufacturer using the same material.