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Titanium


 * [|Atomic Number: 22]
 * Symbol: Ti
 * Atomic Weight: 47.90
 * Melting Point: 1668 °C
 * Boiling Point: 3287 °C
 * [|Density: 4.507 g/cm] 3

Titanium comes from the Latin word titan which means the first sons of earth. It was discovered by Pastor William Gregor in 1971 in the mineral menachanite and named in 1795 by Klaproth. The pure form of Titanium was not made until 1910 hunter heated TiCl 4 in a steel bomb with sodium. Titanium is present in the sun and in meteorites. Rocks obtained in the Apollo space missions contained titanium. The Apollo 17 space mission had the highest percentage with 12.1% titanium in the rocks. It is the 9th most abundant metal in the crust of the earth. Titanium is mostly found in igneous rocks and sediments attained from them. It can also be found in many iron ores. It was a laboratory curiosity until in 1946; Kroll showed that Titanium could be made commercially by diminishing the amounts of titanium tetrachloride with magnesium. This method is still used today. Titanium is a lustrous, white metal when it is in its pure form. It has good strength, its easily fabricated, it has a low density, and it has excellent resistance to corrosion.It is only ductile when it is free of oxygen and the only element that burns in nitrogen. Titanium's price per ounce is any where from $3 to $6.

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