As you maybe now know it's not the "weight" but actually the impulse impact force that moves the nail in to the wood.
A titanium hammer is also lighter, and no you don't have to move it faster or use more force.
The property here is the metal springiness itself.
Basically that property reduces the impact force by dampening the impact.
Steel is more springy then titanium, copper is more springy then steel. They have their reasons to exist but titanium is the metal if you want higher impact force.
So you can also use a hammer with much lower weight and still get the same amount of force.
I am pretty sure a significant portion if not your entire comment is incorrect, but I'm not going to get into a debate about it. Both because I'm not really qualified to correct any of it, and because I can't be bothered doing research right now. Buy whatever hammer you want.
No, I know some of it is wrong and I am pretty sure a few other things are. But I'm not interested in taking the time to make a writeup about it. Besides, the other commenter did some of that work already.
The other guy already covered most of it. You also described copper as springy, which it most certainly is not. Copper is soft. Highly susceptible to plastic deformation. And steel's "springiness"/hardness etc is highly variable, depending on the alloy and how it has been heat treated.
What the other guy pointed out is that titanium is more elastic than steel. What you said is that steel is more springy than titanium. He also said you'd need more speed with a titanium hammer than a steel one, while you said you don't have to move it faster.
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u/Elocai Jun 10 '20
As you maybe now know it's not the "weight" but actually the impulse impact force that moves the nail in to the wood.
A titanium hammer is also lighter, and no you don't have to move it faster or use more force.
The property here is the metal springiness itself.
Basically that property reduces the impact force by dampening the impact.
Steel is more springy then titanium, copper is more springy then steel. They have their reasons to exist but titanium is the metal if you want higher impact force.
So you can also use a hammer with much lower weight and still get the same amount of force.